UNITED STATES v. KAHANE

Nos. 71-CR-479, 75-C-624.

396 F.Supp. 687 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Meir KAHANE, Defendant. Meir KAHANE, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

May 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Trager, U. S. Atty., Eastern District of N. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y., for the United States; Thomas R. Pattison, Edward R. Korman, of counsel.

Barry Ivan Slotnick, New York City, for Meir Kahane.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, District Judge.

The defendant, an ordained orthodox rabbi sentenced to imprisonment by this court, seeks food meeting orthodox Jewish dietary requirements (kosher food). The government contends that this court has no power to consider his claim. For the reasons stated below the court holds that it has the power and obligation to require the government to permit this defendant to...

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