Legal Opinion
Maute v. Frank
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 22, 1996PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELLEGRINI, Judge.
This case in our original jurisdiction involves an action in mandamus begun by William Maute (Maute) against Frederick Frank, Superintendent of the State Correctional Institute at Cresson, Pennsylvania, and other officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (collectively, Prison Officials). Maute’s action in mandamus requests relief from the Prison Officials’ alleged violations of the state and federal Constitution and the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) 1.
In his amended petition for review in the nature of mandamus, Maute alleges that…
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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
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