Legal Opinion
Theriault v. Carlson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1974No. Nos. 72-2592, 73-1182, 73-2183PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
These three cases, consolidated for appeal, have as their central theme the alleged deprivation by certain federal prison authorities of the constitutional rights of prison inmates to practice their religious faith, known as the “Church of the New Song” or the “Eela-tarian” faith. Harry W. Theriault, a federal prison inmate now serving sentences at LaTuna, Texas for various convictions, is the self-proclaimed founder, organizer, bishop, prophet and spiritual leader of the Eclatarians, a group of prison inmates which progressively continues to increase in size as…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. SeegerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. Harry William TheriaultCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. KuchDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1968
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Frank Africa v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Leroy S. Zimmerman (Attorney General) Bureau of Corrections Ronald Marks (Commissioner of b.o.c.)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,322 Securities and Exchange Commission v. First Financial Group of Texas, Inc., William H. HowtonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Dawud Halisi Malik v. Neal BrownCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Schaick v. Church of Scientology of California, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1982
- Donald Lee Childs v. Jack Duckworth, Sally Wenzel, and Robert BronnenbergCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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