· 6/29/1967
Thomas Cooper, and v. Frank J. Pate, Warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary, And
Citations
- 382 F.2d 518
- 1967 U.S. App. LEXIS 5793
How courts have described this case
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- 'Courts will closely scrutinize the reasonableness of any restriction imposed on a prisoner's activity in the exercise of his religion . . ..'
- “Courts will closely scrutinize the reasonableness of any restriction imposed on a prisoner’s activity in the exercise of his religion. . . . ”
- prisoner has right to receive religious material, to correspond with and receive visits from ministers and to attend organized religious services unless prison authorities show that such activities constitute a clear and present danger to prison security
- prisoners’ right to religious services
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Judges: Schnackenberg, Swygert, Fairchild
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