Johnson v. California, No. 03-636 (U.S. Supreme Court) (543 U.S. 499; 125 S.Ct. 1141) (February 23, 2005) (Justice O'Connor)
Here the Court held that a state prison policy that temporarily segregates new inmates must be evaluated under a "strict scrutiny" standard rather than the more liberal "rational relationship" standard established for prison cases in Turney v. Safley.
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that a California state prison ...
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