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· 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

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

  • '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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