Legal Opinion
Daniel Nolan v. John Fitzpatrick, (Two Cases)
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 4, 1971No. 71-1156, 71-1166PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Nolan and LeFebvre, two prisoners confined at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole, have brought this action to challenge the constitutionality of that prison’s total ban on prisoner letters to the news media concerning prison affairs. Plaintiffs have exhausted their administrative remedies under state law and seek a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief, invoking the jurisdictional provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1343 and the substantive provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
The district court granted a declaratory judgment and issued an injunction…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
15 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by65 opinions
- George Parrish and Charles Giles v. Perry Johnson, Charles Anderson, K.L. Cole, and Clarence TurnerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Philip Berrigan, in No. 72-1938, and Elizabeth McAlister Appeal of Elizabeth McAlister InCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Virginia Consuelo-GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Avant v. CliffordSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1975
- Guadalupe Guajardo, Jr., Cross-Appellants v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
60 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.