REMMERS v. BREWER

Nos. 73-1518, 73-1599.

494 F.2d 1277 (1974)

Michael D. REMMERS, Ordained Revelation Minister in the Church of the New Song and Coadjutor of Local Purlieu T.R.U.T.H., and Robert Loney, Ordained Revelation Minister in the Church of the New Song and Special Envoy to the Bishop of Tellus, Appellees, v. Lou V. BREWER, Warden at Iowa State Penitentiary, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Clinton, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, for appellees.

Thomas R. Hronek, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellants.

Before GIBSON, STEPHENSON and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Brewer, Warden at the Iowa State Penitentiary, et al., appeal from a decision and order of the district court holding that the Church of the New Song is a religion within the ambit of the First Amendment and ordering that officials of the penitentiary shall grant to the members thereof the right to exercise their religion equally with other religions. Michael D. Remmers, et al., cross appeal from that portion of the district court's decision refusing to...

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