Legal Opinion

Haas v. Spencer

Massachusetts Superior Court

Decided December 11, 2012No. WOCV201101399Published

1Opinion of the Court

Moriarty, Cornelius J., J.

Plaintiffs, Gordon Haas (Haas) and Dirk Greineder (Greineder), both inmates at Massachusetts Correctional Institute (MCI) Norfolk, a medium security facility, brought this action against the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC), Gary Roden (Roden) and Cynthia Sumner (Sumner) the Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent, respectively, of MCI-Norfolk.3

In their Verified Complaint (Complaint), Haas and Greineder, both Catholics, make several claims relating to their temporaiy and partial denial to religious services. They allege that the…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Lewis v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. Houston v. LackSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. O'Lone v. Estate of ShabazzSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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