Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Union, No. 75-1874 (U.S. Supreme Court) (433 U.S. 119; 97 S.Ct. 2532) (June 23, 1977) (Justice Rehnquist)
In this case the Court reversed a decision by the district court which held that a prison regulation prohibiting inmates from joining a prison union was invalid, after concluding that prohibiting such solicitation "border[ed] on the irrational".
In this case, prisoners in North Carolina formed a union with a stated ...
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