Younger v. Gilmore
YOUNGER, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, Et Al. v. GILMORE Et Al.
Opinion
Per Curiam.
On this appeal we postponed the question of jurisdiction pending the hearing of the case on the merits. 401 U. S. 906 (1971).
Having heard the case on its merits, we find that this Court does have jurisdiction (Alabama Teachers v. Alabama Public School and College Authority, 393 U. S. 400 (1969)) and affirm the judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of California.
Johnson v. Avery, 393 U. S. 483 (1969).
How later courts describe this case
Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 6 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.
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(holding that prison authorities must assist inmates in the filing of “meaningful legal papers” by providing either adequate law libraries or the assistance of individuals trained in the law)
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(requiring California prison officials either to expand prison law libraries or to adopt another alternative to satisfy prisoners’ legal needs)
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(invalidating prison regulation severely limiting law books in prison libraries because it denies reasonable access to courts, and noting that right to such access “encompasses all the means a defendant or petitioner might require to get a fair hearing from the judiciary”)
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(state has constitutional obligation to provide law libraries to prisoners)
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(retained right of access to the courts)
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(review of adequacy of prison library collection)
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