· 5/25/1977
Moskowitz v. Wilkinson
Citations
- 432 F. Supp. 947
- 1977 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15726
How courts have described this case
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- the Bureau failed to present evidence showing that security problems resulted during the period when inmates were allowed to wear beards for religious reasons
- “But the fact that some Jews do not object to shaving ... does not defeat the plaintiffs claim. It is his own religious belief that is asserted, not anyone else’s.”
- sustaining hair regulation against first amendment challenge
- Orthodox Jew in federal prison
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Judges: Newman
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