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· 5/17/1971

Smith v. Brantley

Citations

  • 402 U.S. 975
  • 91 S. Ct. 1670

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that there is no right of effective assistance of counsel in a civil case
  • validating facial-hair restriction in part because Moslem prisoners were allowed to participate in other aspects of their religion
  • upholding a prohibition on inmate beards where alternative means of religious expression were available
  • prison policy prohibiting inmates from complying with one tenet of religion not unconstitutional, in part because other forms of religious exercise exist

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