MATTER OF ABDULLAH v. COUGHLIN


100 A.D.2d 935 (1984)

In the Matter of Muzaffar S. Abdullah et al., Appellants, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of New York State Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents

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

April 23, 1984


¶ Judgment reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and matter remitted to the Supreme Court, Dutchess County, for a hearing on the issue of whether the respondent warden's decision was supported by valid institutional considerations.

¶ On the basis of the present record it is impossible to determine whether there exists a legitimate institutional concern sufficient to override petitioners' religious liberties pursuant to the First Amendment...

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