HATFIELD v. BAILLEAUX

No. 16877.

290 F.2d 632 (1961)

Mark O. HATFIELD, Governor of the State of Oregon, et al., Appellants, v. Paul R. BAILLEAUX et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

April 11, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Y. Thornton, Atty. Gen., Lloyd G. Hammel, Peter S. Herman, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant.

Cecil H. Johnson, Salem, Or., Louise Jayne, and William E. Love, Portland, Or., for appellees.

Stanley Mosk, Atty. Gen., of California, Doris H. Maier, Deputy Atty. Gen., for State of California, as amicus curiae.

Before HAMLEY and MERRILL, Circuit Judges, and WOLLENBERG, District Judge.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit by seven inmates of Oregon State Penitentiary to enjoin prison on officials from enforcing certain prison regulations and continuing certain customs and usages at the penitentiary. The regulations, customs and usages in question limit the times and places during and in which inmates may engage in legal research and the preparation of legal papers, and restrict the acquisition and retention of law books and legal materials. Plaintiffs...

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