O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz

O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz
O'lone v. Estate Of Shabazz
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Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 24, 1987
Decided June 9, 1987
Full case name O'Lone, Administrator, Leesburg Prison Complex, et al. v. Estate of Shabazz, et al.
Docket nos. 85-1722
Holding
The Court of Appeals erred in placing the burden on prison officials to disprove the availability of alternative methods of accommodating prisoners' religious rights. That approach fails to reflect the respect and deference the Constitution allows for the judgment of prison administrators.
Court membership
Case opinions
Majority Rehnquist, joined by White, Powell, O'Connor, and Scalia
Dissent Brennan, joined by Marshall, Blackmun, and Stevens

O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz, 482 U.S. 342 (1987), was a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving the constitutionality of prison regulations. The court ruled that it was not a violation of the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to deprive an inmate of attending a religious service for "legitimate penological interests."

Further reading

  • Rachanow, Shelly S. (1998). "The Effect of O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz on the Free Exercise Rights of Prisoners". Journal of Church & State 40: 125. ISSN 0021-969X. 
  • Rigoli, L. M. (1990). "“Power Exercised in the Shadows”: O'Lone v. Shabazz as a Signal to the Court's Return to Interpretivism in Institutional Reform Litigation". New England Journal on Crime and Civil Confinement 16: 141. 

See also

External links

  • Text of O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz, 482 U.S. 342 (1987) is available from: Justia · Findlaw




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