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WHITNEY v. BROWN

Nos. 88-1308, 88-1399.

882 F.2d 1068 (1989)

Harry WHITNEY, et al. Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. Robert BROWN, et al. Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 15, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Barnhart (argued), Barnhart & Mirer, P.C., Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Susan A. Harris (argued), Corrections Div., Lansing, Mich., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Before MILBURN, Circuit Judge; PECK, Senior Circuit Judge, and ALDRICH, District Judge.

MILBURN, Circuit Judge.

This is a prisoner civil rights case brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Jewish inmates at the State Prison of Southern Michigan ("SPSM"). They challenge a prison policy instituted in 1985 that prohibits them from congregating in weekly Sabbath services and an annual Passover Seder. The defendants-appellants/cross-appellees prison officials appeal from that portion of the district court's decision requiring them to permit an annual...

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