Legal Opinion
Dieter H.M. Troster v. Pennsylvania State Department of Corrections Joseph D. Lehman, Commissioner Frederick Rosemeyer, Superintendent Dieter Troster
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 13, 1995No. 94-3162PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Dieter Troster, an employee of the State Correctional Institution at Greens-burg, Pennsylvania (“SCI”), is in danger of losing his job as a corrections officer because, as a matter of principle, he refuses to wear an American flag patch on his uniform as required by departmental regulations. He filed suit in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against the Pennsylvania State Department of Corrections, its Commissioner Joseph D. Lehman, and SCI Superintendent Fredric A. Rosem-eyer, seeking injunctive and declaratory…
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