This civil rights complaint, filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, by Charles K. Hopkins, an inmate of the Maryland Penitentiary at Baltimore, sought a declaratory judgment to protect his rights, under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, to receive and read The Black Panther, a weekly newspaper of the Black Panther Party, which was denied him under Maryland Penitentiary Regulation 250-A.
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HOPKINS v. COLLINS
548 F.2d 503 (1977)
Charles K. HOPKINS, Appellee, v. George H. COLLINS, Warden, Maryland Penitentiary, et al., Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted December 9, 1976.
Decided January 29, 1977.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Francis B. Burch, Atty. Gen. of Md., Clarence W. Sharp, Donald R. Stutman, Asst. Attys. Gen. of Md., Baltimore, Md., for appellants.
Charles F. Morgan, Sandra D. Boteler, Legal Aid Bureau, Baltimore, Md., for appellee.
Before CLARK, Associate Justice, and FIELD and HALL, Circuit Judges.
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