Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Butler v. Wilson
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
Citator
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- Cited by
- 36 opinions
Affirmed on appeal from D. C. S. D. N. Y. Mr. Justice Douglas would note probable jurisdiction and set case for oral argument.