Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Mas v. Lavine
415 U.S. 953
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1974-03-04
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- summarily affirming decision to uphold a state law that prohibited prisoners incarcerated for life from marrying
- civil death statute barring life term inmate from marrying is not unconstitutional
- statute prohibiting the marriage of life-term prisoners held constitutional
- that appeal carried a 1973 docket number
Citator
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- Cited by
- 34 opinions
Appeal from App. Div., Sup. Ct. N. Y., 2d Jud. Dept., dismissed for want of substantial federal question.