Bounds v. Smith

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1977-04-27

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Mr. Justice Powell, concurring. The decision today recognizes that a prison inmate has a constitutional right of access to the courts to assert such procedural and substantive rights as may be available to him under state and federal law. It does not purport to pass on the kinds of claims that the Constitution requires state or federal courts to hear. In Wolff v. McDonnell, <span class="ci…

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