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Thornburgh Vs. Abbott

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 15, 1989

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  1. Turner Vs. Safley US Supreme Court · Jun 01, 1987
  2. Bell Vs. Wolfish US Supreme Court · May 14, 1979
  3. Pell Vs. Procunier US Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1974
  4. Elrod Vs. Burns US Supreme Court · Jun 28, 1976
  5. Brandenburg Vs. Ohio US Supreme Court · Jun 09, 1969
  6. Garrison Vs. Louisiana US Supreme Court · Nov 23, 1964
  7. Thornhill Vs. Alabama US Supreme Court · Apr 22, 1940
  8. Procunier Vs. Martinez US Supreme Court · Apr 29, 1974
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  9. Block Vs. Rutherford US Supreme Court · Jul 03, 1984
  10. New York Times Co. Vs. Sullivan US Supreme Court · Mar 09, 1964
  11. Hustler Magazine, Inc. Vs. Falwell US Supreme Court · Feb 24, 1988
  12. U.S. 401 (1989) U.S. Supreme Court Thornburgh v. Abbott
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  13. U.S. 401 (1989) Thornburgh v. Abbott
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  14. specifically excluded publications, violated their First Amendment rights under the standard set forth in Procunier v. Martinez
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  15. at issue that affect the sending of publications to prisoners must be analyzed under the standard set forth in Turner v. Safley
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  16. that these regulations violate their First Amendment rights under the standard of review enunciated in Procunier v. Martinez
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  17. case to the District Court for an individualized determination of the constitutionality of the 46 exclusions. Abbott v. Meese
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  18. of Prisons, sought certiorari. We granted the writ in order to determine the appropriate standard of review. Meese v. Abbott
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  19. Jones v. North
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  20. access to prisons. Access is essential to lawyers and legal assistants representing prisoner clients, see Procunier v. Martinez
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  21. U. S. 396 (1974), to journalists seeking information about prison conditions, see Pell v. Procunier
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  22. supra, and to families and friends of prisoners who seek to sustain relationships with them, see Procunier v. Martinez
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  23. Ibid., quoting Jones v. North
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  24. the development of this reasonableness standard in the respective decisions in Pell and Jones and in Block v. Rutherford
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  25. See Turner v. Safley
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  26. rule as too high. Id. at 482 U. S. 90 . See also O'Lone v. Estate
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  27. a)(1) on the ground that the order of the District Court denied respondents injunctive relief. Abbott v. Meese
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  28. of the individuals whose rights allegedly have been infringed. Although the Court took special note in Procunier v. Martinez
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  29. U. S. 396 (1974), of the fact that the rights of nonprisoners were at issue, and stated a rule in Turner v. Safley
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  30. separate standards for cases implicating the rights of outsiders is out of step with the intervening decisions in Pell v. Procunier
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  31. and Bell v. Wolfish
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  32. to noninmate recipients. See Pell, 417 U.S. at 417 U. S. 826 . See also Houchins v. KQED
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  33. Emphasis added.) Brief for Appellees in Procunier v. Martinez
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  34. App. to Pet. for Cert. 46a-47a (citing, among other cases, St. Claire v. Cuyler
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  35. of this Court, which allowed Jones' mother to pursue her civil rights action against prison officials. Carlson v. Green
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  36. medical treatment of federal prisoners raised 'a matter that is both newsworthy and of great public importance.' Pell v. Procunier
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  37. Martin v. Struthers
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  38. I This Court first addressed the First Amendment in the prison context in Procunier v. Martinez
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  39. Page 490 U. S. 423 See, e.g., First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti
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  40. their legal and factual foundations differed critically from those in Martinez or in this case. In Pell v. Procunier
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  41. U. S. 835 . Pell in no way diluted the basic distinction articulated in Martinez. Inmates in Jones v. North
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  42. see id. at 433 U. S. 133 , 433 U. S. 136 . In the third case, Bell v. Wolfish
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  43. rights of nonprisoners must be carefully weighed, and undermines the Court's approach today. Most recently, Turner v. Safley
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  44. of considered precedent ill serves the orderly development of the law. See Runyon v. McCrary
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  45. are impermissibly ambiguous. See Abbott v. Meese
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  46. rights than I believe the First Amendment requires. As was JUSTICE BLACKMUN in Page 490 U. S. 429 Block v. Rutherford
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  47. Cf. O'Lone v. Estate
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  48. U. S. 64 , 379 U. S. 74 -75 (1964) (quoting New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
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  49. U. S. 254 , 376 U. S. 270 (1964)). See also Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell
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  50. See Procunier v. Martinez
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