Legal Opinion
Sample v. Borg
District Court, E.D. California
Decided December 16, 1987No. CIV. S-85-0208 LKKPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER AFTER TRIAL
KARLTON, Chief Judge.
In this case the court is asked to determine whether the Constitution of the United States inhibits the power of the Warden of the California State Prison at Sacramento to determine that certain prisoners may not participate in any outward manifestation of their religious belief. More precisely, the suit relates to the limitations imposed upon adherents of traditional Native American religion incarcerated in the security housing unit of that prison. Plaintiff, 1 whose religious belief is undisputedly sincerely held, seeks first an opportunity…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Jason McKinley Ward v. Jessie Walsh, Associate Warden of ProgramsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Mann v. ReynoldsDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1993
- Herbert N. Sample, Individually and on Behalf of All Persons Similarly Situated and Ronald G. Rivera v. Robert G. Borg and James RolandCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- In re RhoadesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2017
- Hyde v. FisherIdaho Court of Appeals · 2009
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