Legal Opinion
Small v. Horn
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 23, 1998No. 79 M.D. Appeal Dkt. 1998PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAYLOR, Justice.
This is a direct appeal from an order of the Commonwealth Court sustaining preliminary objections of the Department of Corrections in an action by inmates confined in a state prison, who seek to invalidate the Department’s revocation of their permission to wear civilian clothing.
In 1978 the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania approved a consent decree (the “Decree”) entered into by the Department of Corrections (“Department”) and a court-certified plaintiff class known as the Imprisoned Citizens Union. Under the Decree, the Department…
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