MATTER OF OAKKNOLL v. COUGHLIN


101 A.D.2d 931 (1984)

In the Matter of Mary of Oakknoll et al., Appellants, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as New York Commissioner of Correctional Services, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

May 17, 1984


¶ On this appeal, an inmate at Auburn Correctional Facility and his alleged spouse have challenged the constitutionality and method of application of a departmental directive under which a "family reunion program" for inmates is administered by prison officials. The controversy arose because petitioners did not have a valid marriage license as required by directive No. 4500.* It appears that petitioners are members of a religious sect known...

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