Legal Opinion
Charles K. Hopkins v. George H. Collins, Warden, Maryland Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 29, 1977No. 76-1564PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Per curiam
This civil rights complaint, filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, by Charles K. Hopkins, an inmate of the Maryland Penitentiary at Baltimore, sought a declaratory judgment to protect his rights, under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, to receive and read The Black Panther, a weekly newspaper of the Black Panther Party, which was denied him under Maryland Penitentiary Regulation 250-A. 1 During the course of the litigation, prison officials and Hopkins stipulated that censorship procedures, including the following provisions, would meet due process requirements: (1) both the inmate and the senders…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Montanye v. HaymesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Battle v. AndersonDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1974
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Wali v. CoughlinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- Guadalupe Guajardo, Jr., Cross-Appellants v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Laaman v. HelgemoeDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1977
- William E. Martin v. Sgt. Earl KelleyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Bonner v. OutlawCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
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