Legal Opinion
Hooks v. Wainwright
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided December 6, 1972No. 71-1011-Civ-J-S, 71-144-Civ-J-SPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION OF COURT
CHARLES R. SCOTT, District Judge.
In these consolidated cases 1 plaintiffs, 2 now or heretofore inmates committed to the custody of the Florida Division of Corrections, have brought a civil class action in which they allege that they have been denied under color of state law certain rights secured to them by the United States Constitution. The issue posited, and here decided, is this:
Does the state have an affirmative federal constitutional duty to furnish prison inmates with expensive law libraries or to provide inmates with professional or quasi-professional legal…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Smith v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Payne v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- Eddie Adams v. Norman Carlson, Director of the Federal Bureau of PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Battle v. AndersonDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1974
- In Re W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Alexander v. HallDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1974
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