Legal Opinion
O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 9, 1987No. 85-1722PublishedCited by 2,095 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
This case requires us to consider once again the standard of review for prison regulations claimed to inhibit the exercise of constitutional rights. Respondents, members of the Is*345lamic faith, were prisoners in New Jersey’s Leesburg State Prison.1 They challenged policies adopted by prison officials which resulted in their inability to attend Jumu’ah, a weekly Muslim congregational service regularly held in the main prison building and in a separate facility known as “the Farm.” Jumu’ah is commanded by the Koran and must be held every Friday after the sun reaches its zenith and before the Asr,…
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