Legal Opinion
Brittain v. Beard
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 6, 2007PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge FRIEDMAN.
Shannon Brittain (Brittain) has filed a complaint in this court’s original jurisdiction seeking injunctive relief against Jeffrey A. Beard, Ph.D., Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (Department). Brittain and the Department have filed motions for summary relief, which are now before this court for disposition. We deny both parties summary relief.
In his complaint, Brittain alleges that the Department’s Policy No. DC-ADM 803-1 is unconstitutional because: (1) the policy prohibits an inmate’s access to pornography, which is defined to include any…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Thornburgh v. AbbottSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Beard v. BanksSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Jonathan D. Mauro v. Joseph M. Arpaio, Sheriff Maricopa County, a Political Subdivision of the State of ArizonaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Brittain v. BeardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009