Legal Opinion
Sylvester Sasnett, Individually and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated, and United States of America, Intervening v. Michael J. Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 2, 1996No. 95-3924PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Wisconsin severely restricts the wearing of jewelry by jail and prison inmates. A regulation forbids the possession of “items which because of shape or configuration are apt to cause a laceration if applied to the skin with force,” and the state refuses to make an exception for religious jewelry, such as crucifixes, which (unless made of cloth) fall within the ban. Inmates brought this suit against the relevant officials to enjoin, as a violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000bb to 2000bb-4, the defendants’ refusal to make such an…
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