Legal Opinion
Jack Abbott v. Edwin Meese, Iii, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 28, 1987No. 84-5718PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge FAIRCHILD.
FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.
This action involved, among other things, regulation of correspondence between inmates of different prisons, and rejection of publications directed to inmates. Named plaintiffs were prisoners and former prisoners suing on behalf of themselves and all other prisoners in federal institutions. On June 7,1974, the district court ordered that the action be maintained as a class action, except for determining the question of damages, and that the class consist of all current and future prisoners. On…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Carlson v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Lovell v. Superintendent, North Central Correctional InstitutionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1988
- Nichols v. NixDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1993
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