Beard v. Banks
Supreme Court of the United States
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Breyer
We here consider whether a Pennsylvania prison policy that “denies newspapers, magazines, and photographs” to a *525group of specially dangerous and recalcitrant inmates “violate[s] the First Amendment.” Brief for Petitioner i; see Turner v. Safley, 482 U. S. 78, 89 (1987) (prison rules restricting a prisoner’s constitutional rights must be “reasonably related to legitimate penological interests”). The case arises on a motion for summary judgment. While we do not deny the constitutional importance of the interests in question, we find, on the basis of the record now before us, that prison…
Also in this document: Concurring in the judgment; Dissent.
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