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Thurgood Marshall autographed Supreme Court slip opinion for Bounds v. Smith, No. 75-915, argued November 1, 1976 and decided April 27, 1977. Marshall has signed in blue ink across the lower portion of the syllabus page.

Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court in the case, which concerned the constitutional right of prisoners to meaningful access to the courts. The Court held that prison authorities were required to assist inmates in preparing and filing meaningful legal papers by providing adequate law libraries or adequate assistance from persons trained in the law.

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Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993) was an American attorney, civil rights advocate, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991. Before joining the Court, he served as a leading attorney for the NAACP and successfully argued numerous landmark civil rights cases, most famously Brown v. Board of Education. Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, Marshall became the first African American to serve as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

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