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Supreme Court· 6/15/1981

Rhodes v. Chapman

Citations

  • 452 U.S. 337
  • 101 S. Ct. 2392
  • 69 L. Ed. 2d 59
  • 1981 U.S. LEXIS 121
  • 21 Ohio Op. 3d 382
  • 49 U.S.L.W. 4677

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  • “[A] prison’s internal security is peculiarly a matter normally left to the discretion of prison administrators.”

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Judges: Powell, Burger, Stewart, White, Rehnquist, Brennan, Blackmun, Stevens, Marshall

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