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COOKE v. TRAMBURG

43 N.J. 514 (1964)

205 A.2d 889

EVERETTE E.X. COOKE, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. JOHN W. TRAMBURG, COMMISSIONER OF INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Reargued October 19, 1964.

Decided December 14, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Louis B. Zavin argued the cause for plaintiff-appellant.

Mr. Leonard Etz, attorney for American Civil Liberties Union, participated, as amicus curiae, at the hearings before the trial court on the remand and withdrew before second argument.

Mr. Eugene T. Urbaniak, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for defendant-respondent (Mr. Arthur J. Sills, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney for defendant-respondent).

The opinion of the court was delivered by SCHETTINO, J.

Plaintiff, a member of the Black Muslim movement, was confined at the New Jersey State Prison serving a sentence for larceny.1 He requested the Board of Managers of the New Jersey State Prison to grant to the Black Muslims confined therein the right to assemble in a chapel or other appropriate place of worship and furthermore to permit a Minister of the Black Muslim movement to preach...

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