Legal Opinion
Desmond v. Blackwell
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 23, 1964No. 551PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOLLMER, District Judge.
Petitioner, a prisoner at the United'. States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, instituted, in forma pauperis, an. action designated in habeas corpus. At. the hearing had thereon, it was agreed by all parties that the petition should be considered as a civil action for deprivation of rights under 42-U.S.C. § 1983.
Petitioner is a member of a group-which call themselves “Muslims”, at the head of which there is an individual who calls himself “Muhammad” (referred to^ during the hearing as a messenger of Allah). Whether it is properly within the term “religion” is a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- In Re FergusonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
- Sostre v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Thomas Cooper v. Frank J. Pate, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- Pierce v. LaValleeDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1962
3Cited by18 opinions
- Long v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Carothers v. FolletteDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- Thomas Cooper, and v. Frank J. Pate, Warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary, AndCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
- Sharp v. SiglerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Walker v. BlackwellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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