Legal Opinion
Mills v. Larson
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 25, 1972No. Civ. A. No. 44-72 EriePublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER (MOTION TO DISMISS)
KNOX, District Judge.
This is another of the numerous civil rights actions filed by prisoners against the authorities of the institutions in which they are confined claiming various matters of mistreatment and deprivation of constitutional rights. This field of the law is fast developing and new decisions come down every month.
By the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 92 S.Ct. 594, 30 L.Ed.2d 652, (1972), we have been admonished not to dismiss such a complaint unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bradley v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 CahokiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Landman v. RoysterDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1973
- Downs v. Department of Public WelfareDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- Schwartz v. Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- Wiley Jones v. A. L. Lockhart, Superintendent, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Eugene Bataan Ailshire v. Gene Darnell, Sheriff of Lafayette County, Lexington, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
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