Beard v. Banks
2006 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Beard v. Banks, 548 U.S. 521 (2006), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court in which the petitioner, Ronald Banks, challenged the constitutionality of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections policy of denying access to written material such as newspapers and magazines, to violent ("Level 2") inmates, on the grounds that the policy was a violation of his First Amendment rights, including freedom of speech.[1][2]
Quick Facts Beard v. Banks, Argued March 27, 2006 Decided June 28, 2006 ...
Beard v. Banks | |
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Argued March 27, 2006 Decided June 28, 2006 | |
Full case name | Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. Ronald Banks, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated |
Docket no. | 04-1739 |
Citations | 548 U.S. 521 (more) 126 S. Ct. 2572; 165 L. Ed. 2d 697 |
Case history | |
Prior | Respondent's motion for summary judgment granted in the District Court; reversed, 399 F.3d 134 (3d Cir. 2005); cert. granted, 546 U.S. 1015 (2005) |
Holding | |
Prison officials had adequate legal support for their policy of withholding reading material from incorrigible inmates. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Plurality | Breyer, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Souter |
Concurrence | Thomas (in judgment), joined by Scalia |
Dissent | Stevens, joined by Ginsburg |
Dissent | Ginsburg |
Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Laws applied | |
Rev. Stat. §1979, 42 U. S. C. §1983; U.S. Const. amend. I |
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