Legal Opinion
Theriault v. Carlson
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided February 25, 1972No. Civ. A. 13872PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER OPINION
EDENFIELD, District Judge.
Harry William Theriault, self-styled Bishop of Tellus 1 and self-proclaimed leader of a group designated by petitioners as the Church of the New Song, 2 is also a federal prisoner incarcerated presently in the Atlanta federal penitentiary on “holdover” status from the Marion (Illinois) federal penitentiary. For a year and a half he has sought to compel prison officials in Atlanta and Marion to grant him the right to hold religious services in prison for those who shared his belief in the Eclatarian faith, 3 a faith of which he is the supreme…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Epperson v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by22 opinions
- In Re Reverend Clovis Carl Green, JrCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
- Dr. Harry W. Theriault v. Frederick Silber, Director, United States Chaplain ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Theriault v. CarlsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Remmers v. BrewerDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1973
- Dr. Harry W. Theriault, A/K/A Shiloh, the Bishop of Tellus, Plaintiffs v. Frederick Silber, and Rev. Jack A. Hanberry, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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