Legal Opinion
Fields v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 5, 2011No. 10-2339, 10-2466PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOTTSCHALL, District Judge.
In this appeal, we are asked to review the decision of the district court invalidating a Wisconsin state statute which prohibits the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (“DOC”) from providing transgender inmates with certain medical treatments. 1 The Inmate Sex Change Prevention Act (“Act 105”) provides in relevant part:(a) In this subsection:
1. “Hormonal therapy” means the use of hormones to stimulate the development or alteration of a person’s sexual characteristics in order to alter the pérson’s physical appearance so that the person appears more like the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Whitley v. AlbersSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by66 opinions
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