Legal Opinion
Bounds v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 27, 1977No. 75-915PublishedCited by 4,493 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
The issue in this case is whether States must protect the right of prisoners to access to the courts by providing them with law libraries or alternative sources of legal knowledge. In Younger v. Gilmore, 404 U. S. 15 (1971), we held per curiam that such services are constitutionally mandated. Petitioners, officials of the State of North Carolina, ask us *818to overrule that recent case, but for reasons explained below, we decline the invitation and reaffirm our previous decision.
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Respondents are inmates incarcerated in correctional facilities of the Division of Prisons of the North Carolina…
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