Legal Opinion
Leroy Barnett v. Charles M. Rodgers, Superintendent, D. C. Jail, Carl H. Clark v. Charles M. Rodgers, Superintendent, D. C. Jail
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 18, 1969No. 20942_1PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
The basic issue before us is the degree to which officials of the District of Columbia Jail are constitutionally compelled to accommodate the dietary laws of the Muslim faith in the bill of fare afforded Muslim inmates. This question became a matter of judicial concern when appellants, Muslim prisoners in the jail,1 complained of the menu there in essentially similar pro se petitions for writs of habeas corpus filed in the District Court. Citing the doctrinal prohibition of their religion against the consumption of swine, appellants alleged that jail…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by89 opinions
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- United States of America Ex Rel. Burwell L. Jones v. Alfred T. Rundle, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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- Sostre v. RockefellerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- Al-Amin Hunafa v. James P. Murphy, John Bell, Raymond Poff, and Evelyn FoxCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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