Legal Opinion
John P. McNamara v. J. C. Moody, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 15, 1979No. 77-2466PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
Appellee is a prisoner in the Glades Correctional Institution at Belle Glade, Florida. He brought suit against two officials of that institution alleging that they had wrongfully prevented him from mailing certain letters. The district court found that appellant Moody, assistant superintendent of Glades, had violated McNamara’s constitutional rights by refusing to mail a letter to his girlfriend.1 This two-*623page letter dealt in large part with McNamara’s discontent with the prison mail censorship system, but it also charged that the mail censoring officer, while reading…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Wood v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Marvin Jones, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Fred R. DiamondCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Familias Unidas, an Unincorporated Association, and Irma Torrez v. Dolph BriscoeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Al-Amin v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
- William E. Martin v. Sgt. Earl KelleyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Barrett v. BellequeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
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