Legal Opinion
Walker v. Blackwell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1966No. Nos. 22374-22379, 22446, 22455PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARZA, District Judge.
Appellants filed pro se in the district court substantially identical petitions styled “Motions for Mandatory Injunctions” which were actions in the nature of mandamus, alleging that Appellants are confined in the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, that they are Muslims and their religion is Islam, and that they have been harassed and denied the right to worship and practice their religion by Appellee, the warden of the penitentiary.
The complaints were dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, the district court holding that the civil rights statutes relied upon…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Murdock v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Marsh v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Cooper v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Follett v. Town of McCormickSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- Meir Kahane, Plaintiff-Petitioner-Appellee v. Norman Carlson, Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Defendants-Respondents-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Long v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Coy Ray Campbell v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director of the Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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