Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Prasse
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 19, 1971No. Civ. A. 67-644PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL
KNOX, District Judge.
This is a prisoner’s civil rights action brought by an inmate of the Pennsylvania Western Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Plaintiff has sued the State Commissioner of Corrections and the Warden and Deputy Warden of the Institution claiming that they have interfered with his religious freedom to worship as a Black Muslim and that they have discriminated against him as a Black Muslim in the prison and thereby have denied him his religious freedom as guaranteed by the First Amendment to the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Cooper v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Jack Gittlemacker v. Arthur T. Prasse, Commissioner of Prisons of Pa. And Frank C. Johnston, Warden, State Correctional Institution, Dallas, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Long v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Knuckles v. PrasseDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1969
- Sostre v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Miller v. Doctor's General HospitalDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1977
- Weaver v. WilcoxCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare, Farview State Hospital v. KallingerCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Fillmore v. OrdonezDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1993
- Wilson v. PrasseCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
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