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Third Circuit· 8/24/2006

Jones v. Brown

Citations

  • 461 F.3d 353
  • 2006 WL 2441412

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that opening, but not reading, of incoming legal mail outside an inmate’s presence violates the right of speech
  • holding that “state prisoners have an interest protected by the First Amendment in being present when their incoming legal mail is opened.”
  • holding that prisoners have a First Amendment right to be present when incoming legal mail is opened
  • holding that “state prisoners have an interest protected by the First Amendment in being present when their incoming legal mail is opened”
  • holding that “state prisoners have an interest protected by the First Amendment in being present when their incoming legal mail is opened”
  • holding that “state prisoners have an interest protected by the First Amendment in being present when their incoming legal mail is opened.”

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Judges: Fuentes, Stapleton, Alarcon

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Cites

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