Legal Opinion
Tatanka Sapanajin v. Frank Gunter, Tatanka Sapanajin v. Frank Gunter
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1988No. 87-2306, 87-2404PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
This case has its origins in a 1974 consent decree entered into between the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and a group of Native American inmates. That decree provided that prison officials would make available to Native American inmates certain religious, cultural, and educational services. Tatanka Sa-paNajin, one of the original litigants, brought this suit in 1986 alleging that the consent decree was being violated, and, apart from the decree, that his First Amendment rights were being abridged. The District Court 1 held that the consent decree was being…
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