Legal Opinion
Ed Udey v. D.C. Kastner, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 15, 1987No. 85-2791PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner Edwin Udey filed suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas under the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Udey, a prisoner in the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, asked to be provided with a diet consistent with his sincerely held religious beliefs; he primarily requested organically grown produce washed in distilled water. The federal prison officials declined, Udey refused to eat the nutritionally adequate food provided, and Udey has since…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Cruz v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hamilton v. LoveDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1971
- Thorne v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Leroy Barnett v. Charles M. Rodgers, Superintendent, D. C. Jail, Carl H. Clark v. Charles M. Rodgers, Superintendent, D. C. JailCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Anthony W. Martinelli, Cross-Appellant v. Richard L. Dugger, Mrs. Ana Gispert, Cross-Appellees, Lt. T. Mowery, Sgt. E. SavoiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Sherral X. Kahey v. Johnnie Jones, Warden, Louisiana Correctional Institute for WomenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Fillmore v. OrdonezDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1993
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