· 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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