Legal Opinion
Dreibelbis v. Marks
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 6, 1984No. 84-5016PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
This civil action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by a prisoner at the Dallas, Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution sought declaratory, injunctive, compensatory and punitive relief against the Pennsylvania Commissioner of Corrections and the Superintendent and certain other officers at the Dallas institution by reason of their alleged infringement of his first amendment right to practice his religion. The plaintiff is an ordained minister of a religious faith known as the Church of Prophetic Meditation, one of the tenets of which prohibits…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Rogers v. ScurrCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- United States of America Ex Rel. Burwell L. Jones v. Alfred T. Rundle, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Jerry Teterud v. Kevin J. Burns, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Director of the Department of Social Services for the State of IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Stewart v. BeachCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2012
- Felix E. Capoeman v. Amos ReedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Homer Reed v. Gordon FaulknerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Wilson v. SchillingerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
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