Legal Opinion
Theodore X. A. Sewell v. Paul F. Pegelow, Etc., Joseph X. Watson v. Paul F. Pegelow, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 31, 1961No. 8286, 8287PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
Sewell and Watson are inmates of the United States Reformatory at Lorton, Virginia, an institution maintained for prisoners sentenced by the courts of the District of Columbia. They filed complaints in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which has jurisdiction over the place of their detention, alleging that solely because of their religious beliefs, and for no other reason, they were isolated and deprived of certain constitutional and statutory rights and discriminatively treated by the superintendent and his assistants. The relief which they prayed…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Dowd v. United States Ex Rel. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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- Stroud v. Swope, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by103 opinions
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- Lawrence William Wright v. Daniel McMann as Warden of Clinton State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
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