Legal Opinion
Joseph Taylor v. W. L. Sterrett
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1976No. 74-3964PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
In this case we grapple with the difficult issue of prisoners’ rights within the context, primarily, of censorship of inmate mail. A secondary issue relates to the prison practice of allowing “cop-out” men (investigators) access to prisoners.
This appeal is from an unreported district court order, entered November 1, 1974, placing restrictions upon the opening of inmate mail by officials at a county jail and upon visits to its inmates by the district attorney’s representatives. The appellants, various officials of Dallas County, Texas, challenge the constitutional basis…
2Cases cited82 opinions
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- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by115 opinions
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