Legal Opinion

Monmouth County Correctional Institutional Inmates v. Lanzaro

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided November 25, 1987No. 86-5527PublishedCited by 128 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

This appeal arises from the order of the district court preliminarily enjoining appel*328lants Monmouth County (“the County”) from requiring women prisoners to secure court-ordered releases and their own financing in order to obtain an abortion while in the County’s custody. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) (1982). For the reasons set forth below, we will affirm in part and modify in part the judgment and order of the district court.

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Facts and Procedural History

The genesis of this appeal is a class action…

2Cases cited71 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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3Cited by128 opinions

  1. Gutierrez v. PetersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  2. Robert A. Gaudreault v. Municipality of Salem, MassachusettsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  3. Leonard G. Tillman v. Lebanon County Correctional Facility Robert L. Raiger, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
  4. Atkinson v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003
  5. Lewal v. AliCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008

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