Legal Opinion
Labat v. McKeithen
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided July 27, 1965No. Civ. A. 3107PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEST, District Judge.
The two questions presented for determination in this suit are first, whether or not a state has the right, by legislation, to regulate, control, and limit the correspondence which a death row prisoner may carry on with persons outside of the penitentiary, and secondly, whether or not Louisiana has, by statute, legally done so. This Court answers both questions in the affirmative.
Plaintiff, Edgar Labat, has been confined to the Louisiana State Penitentiary, at Angola, Louisiana, on death row, since 1957, under sentence of death for having committed the crime of rape. His…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- MedleySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Rooney v. North DakotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Adams v. EllisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Platek v. AderholdCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
- Sarshik v. SanfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Carothers v. FolletteDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- Sinclair v. HendersonDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1971
- Sostre v. OtisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
- Ray v. PennsylvaniaDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1967
- Martin v. HaggertyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988