Legal Opinion
Thomas Eldridge Barrett v. Commonwealth of Virginia Arlington Circuit Court
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 20, 1982No. 82-6047PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:
The Commonwealth of Virginia and the Circuit Court of Arlington County appeal from the district court’s ruling that Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-217 (Cum.Supp.1982) violates the first amendment insofar as the statute withholds legal recognition of a prisoner’s religiously motivated change of name. We affirm that ruling but reverse a subsequent order in which the court prescribed the manner in which Virginia must reorganize its correctional records.
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Thomas Eldridge Barrett, a Virginia prisoner, converted to the Islamic or Muslim faith while in prison. Conforming to the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Frank Africa v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Leroy S. Zimmerman (Attorney General) Bureau of Corrections Ronald Marks (Commissioner of b.o.c.)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by41 opinions
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