Legal Opinion
State of Louisiana Ex Rel. Purkey v. Ciolino
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided April 17, 1975No. Civ. A. 73-2258PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACK M. GORDON, District Judge.
The plaintiffs, Larry Joe Purkey and James Edward Cripps, initiated this civil rights action to redress alleged violations of their First, Sixth, and Eighth Amendment rights. The vehicles the plaintiffs have chosen for the assertion of these alleged constitutional violations are 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1986. The plaintiffs ground jurisdiction on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(3) and (4), 2201 et seq., 2251, 2254 and 42 U.S.C. § 1988.
The defendants are Edward G. Koch, John C. Ciolino, Jim Garrison, who was the District Attorney of New Orleans, C. Murray…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- United States of America Ex Rel. George Simmons v. Mr. Robert J. Zibilich, Attorney at LawCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Presseisen v. Swarthmore CollegeDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
- Boston v. StantonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1978
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