Legal Opinion
Fontroy v. Beard
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 10, 2009No. 07-2446PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
In 2002, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (“DOC”) implemented a new prison mail policy. This policy required attorneys and courts to affix “Control Numbers” to mail sent to inmates before those communications would be separated from regular mail, and opened and inspected for the first time in the addressee inmate’s presence. Appellees Derrick Dale Fontroy, Theodore B. Savage, and Aaron Christopher Wheeler (the “Inmates”) successfully challenged the constitutionality of this policy on First Amendment grounds in the District Court. Officials from…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Overton v. BazzettaSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Monroe v. BeardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008
- Jones v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Sharp v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2012
- Guajardo-Palma v. MartinsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
- Newman v. BeardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
- Ali v. HowardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
- Solan v. ZickefooseCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2013
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