Hardy W. Ryland and Alma Odessa Ryland v. Alfred B. Shapiro, Edwin O. Ware and Edward E. Roberts, Jr.

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• holding that cover-up causing an eleven-month delay stated a claim for a violation of plaintiffs’ right of access to the courts
• recognizing access to courts protected by First Amendment right to petition for redress of grievances
• recognizing the right to access claim outside the prison context
• allowing a § 1983 conspiracy claim to survive dismissal when a complaint alleged that defendants successfully covered up a murder for eleven months, which allegedly obstructed justice and/or deprived the plaintiffs of constitutional rights
• applying strict scrutiny to a constitutional right-of-access claim
• reversing dismissal of § 1983 conspiracy claim

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