Legal Opinion
Young v. Lane
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 7, 1991No. Nos. 89-3382, 89-3489PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Dixon Correctional Center (“Dixon”), a penal institution under the direction of the Illinois Department of Corrections, is a former mental hospital that was converted into a prison in October 1983. In May 1988, the time of trial in this action, Dixon was a medium-security prison housing 890 inmates. Of those 890 inmates, seven (less than one percent) were Jewish.1 This lawsuit addresses their right to exercise their religious beliefs while at Dixon.
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Plaintiffs, six former inmates at Dixon, filed individual, pro se complaints that were consolidated into the present…
2Cases cited51 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by73 opinions
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- Ronald C. Brown v. Hot, Sexy and Safer Productions, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Ortiz v. DowneyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- Boles v. NeetCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2007
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