Anthony SOUZA et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Anthony P. TRAVISONO et al., Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 2, 1974.
Decided March 11, 1975.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
W. Slater Allen, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Richard J. Israel, Atty. Gen., was on brief, for defendants-appellants.
Ralph J. Gonnella, Providence, R. I., with whom Hodosh, Spinella, Hodosh & Angelone, Providence, R. I., was on brief, for plaintiffs-appellees.
Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
In Souza v. Travisono, 368 F.Supp. 959 (D.R.I.1973), the district court held that in refusing to let law students render legal aid to inmates at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), the warden deprived inmates of a constitutional right of meaningful access to the courts and also of a more general right to legal assistance with personal matters. Thereafter, the Supreme Court...
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