Legal Opinion
Jones v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 24, 2006No. 03-3823, 04-4426, 04-4493PublishedCited by 183 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
STAPLETON, Circuit Judge.
We have before us two cases that have been consolidated on appeal. 1 While the District Courts in these cases both addressed the constitutionality of a New Jersey regulation governing the processing of incoming inmate legal mail, they reached conflicting conclusions. These consolidated appeals present two principal issues. First, do state prisoners have an interest protected by the First Amendment in being present when their incoming legal mail is opened? We conclude that our prior case law establishes that they do. Second, may New Jersey open…
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