Legal Opinion
Fiduciary Obligations Regarding Bureau of Prisons Commissary Fund
Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel
Decided May 22, 1995Published
1Opinion of the Court
Fiduciary Obligations Regarding Bureau of Prisons Commissary Fund
31 U.S.C. § 1321
and its accompanying Department of Justice regulations do not impose a fiduciary obligation on the Bureau of Prisons to expend Commissary Fund moneys only in accordance with the terms o f the Commissary Fund trust. M a y 22, 1995 M e m o r a n d u m O p in io n f o r t h e A s s is t a n t A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l C iv il D iv is io n You have asked whether the Office of Legal Counsel continues to adhere to the analysis of the “ Commissary fund, Federal prisons” (“ Commissary Fund” ) contained in the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. HohriSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- National Association of Counties v. James A. Baker, Iii, Secretary of the TreasuryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
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