Legal Opinion
Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 23, 1977No. 75-1874PublishedCited by 1,525 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
Pursuant to regulations promulgated by the North Carolina Department of Correction, appellants prohibited inmates from soliciting other inmates to join appellee, the North Carolina Prisoners’ Labor Union, Inc. (Union), barred all meetings of the Union, and refused to deliver packets of Union publications that had been mailed in bulk to several inmates for redistribution among other prisoners. The Union instituted this action, based on 42 U. S. C. § 1983, to challenge these policies. It alleged that appellants’ efforts to prevent the operation of a prisoners’ union violated the First and…
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