Legal Opinion
Weldon M. Kennedy, Richard B. Reeder and Robert R. Collingwood v. Lenard F. Meacham, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 3, 1976No. 74-1872PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Kennedy, Reeder and Collingwood, inmates of the Wyoming State Penitentiary, filed this civil rights suit against Warden Meacham and other officials of the prison. The pro se complaint alleged generally that the defendants have acted to re strict the plaintiffs’ practice of the Satanic religion in violation of the First Amendment.
Giving a favorable reading to the inartful layman’s complaint as we must, in essence the plaintiffs averred that the prison officials have denied them the right to possess necessary ritual items in their cells; 1 have prohibited…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by77 opinions
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