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· 8/2/2004

Michael Dunham Murphy v. Missouri Department of Corrections Winfrey Dickerson Dora B. Schriro Elijah Nagbe Steve Long Michael Kemna

Citations

  • 372 F.3d 979

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that it was not clear that a \total preclusion of group worship for [an alleged supremacist group]\ was the least restrictive means
  • recognizing that whether something “is a sincerely held religious belief is a factual determination”
  • recognizing that whether something “is a sincerely held religious belief is a factual determination”
  • deciding “[a] regulation valid and neutral in other respects may be invalid if it is applied to the particular items in such a way that negates the legitimate concerns”
  • stating that the court may only consider \admissible evidence\ and must \disregard portions of [. . .] affidavits and depositions that [. . .] purport[] to state legal conclusions as fact.\
  • reemphasizing that “institutional security is ‘the most compelling government interest in a prison setting.’”

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Judges: Wollman, Fagg, Arnold

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