KNUCKLES v. PRASSE

Nos. 18761-18765, 18829, 18830.

435 F.2d 1255 (1970)

William E. KNUCKLES, Appellant in No. 18761, Arthur L. McKEE, Isiah Green and Joseph Tillery v. Arthur X. PRASSE, Commissioner of Correction, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Joseph R. Brierley, Supt. and A. T. Rundle and Clarence R. Wolfe and David N. Meyers, Appellants in No. 18829. Appeal of Arthur L. McKEE in No. 18,762. Appeal of Isiah GREEN, in No. 18,763. Appeal of Joseph TILLERY, in No. 18,764. James WASHINGTON, Appellant in No. 18,765, v. J. R. BRIERLEY, Supt., Appellant in No. 18,830.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter L. Foulke, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Herbert Monheit, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., by Mabel G. Turner, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief, for appellees.

Before KALODNER, SEITZ and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

Before us are cross-appeals from a judgment of the district court granting partial relief sought under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 by inmates of a state prison who are followers of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, often called Muslims or Black Muslims, a sect of the Islamic religion. The district court ordered the prison officials to permit collective religious services conducted by accredited ministers of...

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