MATTER OF SHAW v. McGINNIS


19 A.D.2d 888 (1963)

In the Matter of Kenneth Shaw et al., Respondents, v. Paul D. McGinnis, as Commissioner of Correction of The State of New York, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

November 4, 1963


Order reversed on the law, without costs, and petition dismissed.

No questions of fact were considered. There is no doubt that every prisoner is entitled to the opportunity to engage in religious worship, subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper discipline and management of the prison (Matter of Brown v. McGinnis, 10 N.Y.2d 531). The petition here, however, fails to show that petitioners...

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