Legal Opinion
Muslim v. Frame
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 23, 1995No. Civ. A. 93-0554PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.
Waahid Muslim filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to challenge the no-hats rule of Chester County Prison, under which inmates cannot wear hats in the prison common areas. Plaintiff professes to be a practicing Muslim and has asserted a desire to wear a kufi, the Muslim prayer cap, throughout the prison. In his complaint, plaintiff argued that the no-hats rule violates his rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, as well as under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendments. Defendants, prison…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Ingalls v. FlorioDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1997
- Sasnett v. SullivanDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1996
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