TAYLOR v. STERRETT

No. 74-3964.

532 F.2d 462 (1976)

Joseph TAYLOR et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. W. L. STERRETT et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Luna, Thomas V. Murto, III, John B. Tolle, Dallas, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Robert L. Byrd, Tarrant County Legal Aid, Ft. Worth, Tex., John F. Jordan, Dallas, Tex., Stanley A. Bass, New York City, Sylvia M. Demarest, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WISDOM, GEWIN and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

In this case we grapple with the difficult issue of prisoners' rights within the context, primarily, of censorship of inmate mail. A secondary issue relates to the prison practice of allowing "cop-out" men (investigators) access to prisoners.

This appeal is from an unreported district court order, entered November 1, 1974, placing restrictions upon the opening of inmate mail by officials at a county jail and upon visits to its inmates...

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