Legal Opinion
Thornburgh v. Abbott
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 15, 1989No. 87-1344PublishedCited by 1,810 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
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Regulations promulgated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons broadly permit federal prisoners to receive publications from the “outside,” but authorize prison officials to reject incoming-publications found to be detrimental to institutional security.1 For 15 years, respondents, a class of inmates and certain publishers, have claimed that these regulations violate their First Amendment rights under the standard of review enunciated in Procunier v. Martinez, 416 U. S. 396 (1974).2 They mount a facial challenge to the regulations as well as a challenge to the regulations as applied to 46 specific…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- O'Lone v. Estate of ShabazzSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by1,810 opinions
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- Scott Nordstrom v. Charles RyanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
- Michael C. Antonelli v. Michael F. SheahanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Michael Hayes v. Idaho Correctional CenterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2017
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