for The Bar Association of San Francisco
1. PROCUNIER v. MARTINEZ, No. 72-1465 , SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, December 3, 1973, Argued , April 29, 1974, Decided
OVERVIEW: Censorship of prisoner mail worked a consequential restriction on the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of those who were not prisoners, and the decision to withhold delivery of mail had to be accompanied by minimum procedural safeguards.
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