Melvin A. McCabe and Mark H. Madsen v. Arvon J. Arave, Warden, Idaho State Penitentiary Al Murphy, Director, Idaho State Department of Corrections

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• holding that literature advocating racial purity but not advocating violence or illegal activity cannot constitutionally be banned
• concluding that a 3 district judge did not abuse his discretion by denying the plaintiffs’ request that the defendants’ 4 defenses be stricken from an answer that plaintiffs received on the day of trial
• concluding that a district judge did not abuse his discretion by 11 denying the plaintiffs’ request that the defendants’ defenses be stricken from an answer that plaintiffs 12 received on the day of trial
• finding that the district court had inherent power to impose sanctions for a late-filed answer upon a finding of bad faith
• suggesting that literature 19 that advocates violence as a means of achieving racial purity may be prohibited in 20 the prison setting
• denying prisoner 20 equivalent access to religious materials of his choice may violate equal protection

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