Pierce v. LaVallee

BRENNAN, Chief Judge.

The background of these actions, brought to declare and enforce the plaintiffs’ rights pertaining to the exercise of their religious beliefs, is found in the decision reported under the name of Pierce v. LaVallee, 293 F.2d 233. The three issues raised in the plaintiffs’ complaints were disposed of as follows.

The plaintiffs’ right to purchase and possess the Quran was disposed of in the above decision. Plaintiffs’ contention as to their right to contact a “spiritual ad-visor” was abandoned. The third claim for relief was remanded to this court in the following language. “…