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· 9/17/1980

Chocallo v. Callaghan

Citations

  • 496 F. Supp. 1261
  • 1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15368

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “We reject as an intrusion of a prisoner’s First Amendment rights the granting of possession of some [religious medallions] and not others contingent upon their meeting an official standard of religious orthodoxy.”
  • prison authorities’ denial of access to newspaper “Muhammad Speaks” constituted prior restraint in violation of First Amendment
  • prison authorities’ denial of access to newspaper “Muhammad Speaks” violates prisoners’ First Amendment rights

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Judges: Pollak

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