Meggett v. Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, in determining whether prison regulation permissibly infringes upon constitutional rights, “the courts should consider any evidence . . . that the regulation is an exaggerated response to prison concerns.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• prisoner argued that regulations regarding the length and styling of inmate’s hair violated his right to freedom of religion
• “fundamental rights [include] freedom of religion”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).