Legal Opinion
Arthur L. Rivers v. M. L. Royster, Assistant Superintendent Virginia State Farm
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 25, 1966No. 10351PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge:
The petitioner appeals from an order of the district court dismissing his action for equitable relief without a plenary hearing on the ground that it sets forth no justiciable issue because it deals with the Internal administration of the state prison system where the petitioner is lawfully confined. The complaint alleges that the prison superintendent has denied the petitioner the right to receive a nonsubversive Negro newspaper, the Chicago Defender, because he is a Negro, while permitting white inmates to receive “white” newspapers. The complaint not only…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 CahokiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Cooper v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Theodore X. A. Sewell v. Paul F. Pegelow, Etc., Joseph X. Watson v. Paul F. Pegelow, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
- Jordan v. HutchesonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Sostre v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Nazareth Gates, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. John Collier, Superintendent, Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Landman v. RoysterDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1971
- Norman C. Gray, Jr. v. J. Shane Creamer, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Gates v. CollierDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1972
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