Turner v. Safley, No. 85-1384 (U.S. Supreme Court) (482 U.S. 78; 107 S.Ct. 2254) (June 1, 1987) (Justice O'Connor)
This decision is the Supreme Court's seminal decision on the standards that should apply to determine the vbalidity of prison regulations. Here, the Eighth Circuit had affirmed a district court's opinion and order finding unconstitutional certain prison regulations governing inmate-to-inmate correspondence and inmate marriages promulgated by petitioner prison system. The ...
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