Sterling v. Cupp

Decided 1981-03-04

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TANZER, J., dissenting. I disagree with the majority as a matter of degree rather than of theory. I believe as a matter of firm conviction that the courts should intervene into the management of prisons only with great restraint and only for reasons of sufficient magnitude to justify extraordinary action. I do not suggest that constitutional rights of prisoners should be protected with less vigor than the rights…

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