Legal Opinion
Jones v. Bradley
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 11, 1979No. 77-1302PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Jones, an inmate at Washington State Penitentiary and a self-proclaimed pastor of the Universal Life Church (ULC), seeks injunctive relief and damages against prison officials for denying him the free exercise of religion guaranteed by the First Amendment.1 The district court dismissed the complaint with prejudice, concluding that the ULC is not a religion and not entitled to First Amendment protections. We do not reach that question, but affirm the dismissal on other grounds.
Following prison regulations, appellees have denied Jones use of the prison chapel to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Cruz v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. BallardSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Maynard v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Melvin A. McCabe and Mark H. Madsen v. Arvon J. Arave, Warden, Idaho State Penitentiary Al Murphy, Director, Idaho State Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Felix E. Capoeman v. Amos ReedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Donald Lee Childs v. Jack Duckworth, Sally Wenzel, and Robert BronnenbergCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Church of Scientology v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1984
- Hutchings v. CorumDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1980
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