The lawyers said they hope to get a hearing for a preliminary injunction in December. The outcome of the lawsuits may turn on whether the restrictions in the policy serve a legitimate security purpose. The plaintiffs allege that the "DOC is not aware of any instance whereby attorneys have introduced contraband into DOC facilities via legal mail," though the department told them there was at least one occasion in which a third party attempted to mail in contraband in an envelope falsely labeled as legal mail.