- Turner v. Safley
SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Turner v. Safley
ArgueDate=January 13
ArgueYear=1987
DecideDate=June 1
DecideYear=1987
FullName=William R. Turner, et al. v. Leonard Safley, et al.
USVol=482
USPage=78
Citation=107 S. Ct. 2254; 96 L. Ed. 2d 64; 1987 U.S. LEXIS 2362; 55 U.S.L.W. 4719
Prior=Judgment in part for plaintiffs, 586 F. Supp. 589 (W.D. Mo. 1984); affirmed, 777 F.2d 1307 (8th Cir. 1985); certiorari granted, 476 U.S. 1139 (1986)
Subsequent=
Holding=A Missouri prison regulation restricting inmates from marrying without permission violated their constitutional right to marry because it was not logically related to a legitimate penological concern, but a prohibition on inmate-to-inmate correspondence was justified by prison security needs and so was permissible under the First Amendment, as applied through the Fourteenth. Eighth Circuit affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded.
SCOTUS=1986-1987
Majority=O'Connor
JoinMajority=Rehnquist, White, Powell, Scalia; Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens (in part III-B only)
Concurrence/Dissent=Stevens
JoinConcurrence/Dissent=Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun
LawsApplied=U.S. Const. amends. I, XIV"Turner v. Safley", 482 U.S. 78 (
1987 ), was a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving the constitutionality of prison regulations. Applying a lower standard of review due to the reduced liberty and greater security needs of the prison context, the Court upheld a regulation that prohibited inmates at one prison from corresponding with those at another, but struck another regulation that prohibited inmates from marrying without the permission of the warden.ee also
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 482 Further reading
* cite journal | last = Giles | first = Cheryl Dunn | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 1993 | month = | title = "Turner v. Safley" and Its Progeny: A Gradual Retreat to the “Hands-Off” Doctrine | journal = Arizona Law Review | volume = 35 | issue = | pages = 219 | issn = 0004-153x | url = | accessdate = | quote =
External links
* [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=482&invol=78 Full text of the decision at findlaw.com]
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