Legal Opinion
Hillery v. Procunier
District Court, N.D. California
Decided January 7, 1974No. C-71-2150 SWPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION
SPENCER WILLIAMS, District J udge:
At issue here is the constitutionality of § 415.071 of the California Department of Corrections Manual, which provides :
“Press and other media interviews with specific individual inmates will not be permitted.”
I
Plaintiffs seek injunctive and declaratory relief under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Jurisdiction is conferred upon this court under Title 28 U. S.C. §§ 1343(3), 1343(4) and 2201.
II
Plaintiffs Hillery, Spain, Bly and Guile are prisoners at San Quentin State Penitentiary. Editors of Earth Magazine wish to interview…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- New York Times Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Kovacs v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Saxbe v. Washington Post Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Jones/Seymour v. LeFebvreDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1991
- The Washington Post Company v. Richard G. Kleindienst, Acting Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
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