Legal Opinion
Turner v. Safley
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 1987No. 85-1384PublishedCited by 5,937 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
This case requires us to determine the constitutionality of regulations promulgated by the Missouri Division of Corrections relating to inmate marriages and inma.te-to-inma.te correspondence. The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, applying a strict scrutiny analysis, concluded that the regulations violate respondents’ constitutional rights. We hold that a lesser standard of scrutiny is appropriate in determining the constitutionality of the prison rules. Applying that standard, we uphold the validity of the correspondence regulation, but we conclude that the marriage restriction cannot…
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