Sylvester SASNETT, et al., individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
and
United States of America, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Michael J. SULLIVAN, et al., Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 14, 1996.
Decided August 2, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Percy L. Julian (argued), Steven N. Schulman, Peggy J. Hurley, Julian, Olson & Lasker, Madison, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Frank D. Remington (argued), John S. Greene, Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendents-Appellants.
Michael J. Singer, Patricia Ann Millett (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Appellee.
Marc D. Stern, American Jewish Congress, New York City, for Coalition for the Free Exercise of Religion, amicus curiae.
Peter Koneazny, American Civil Liberty Union of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, for ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation, Inc., amicus curiae.
Michael W. McConnell, Chicago, IL, for Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, Illinois Council of Churches, Baptist General, amici curiae.
Eric W. Treene, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, for Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, amicus curiae.
James A. Serritella, James C. Geoly, Kevin R. Gustafson, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Catholic Conference of Illinois, amicus curiae.
Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and ESCHBACH and EVANS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Wisconsin severely restricts the wearing of jewelry by jail and prison inmates. A regulation forbids the possession of "items which because of shape or configuration are apt to cause a laceration if applied to the skin with force," and the state refuses to make an exception for religious jewelry, such as crucifixes, which (unless made of cloth) fall within the ban. Inmates brought this suit against the relevant officials to enjoin, as a violation...
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