Legal Opinion
Cumbey v. State
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided May 7, 1985No. 59795PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMA WILSON, Justice.
Appellants, inmates of the Joseph Harp State Correctional Center, filed the instant civil rights action pro se challenging the administration of inmate trust savings accounts. Appellants complain that they are being unjustly denied immediate access to monetary employment credits accruing to these accounts during confinement. Principally, Appellants attack the constitutionality of 57 O.S.1981 § 549.5, which prescribes certain duties of the State Board of Corrections with respect to prison employment industries, namely:
“The duty to establish the percentages of such wages…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Cruz v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Sims v. Parke Davis & Co.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1971
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Leonard G. Tillman v. Lebanon County Correctional Facility Robert L. Raiger, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Dean v. LehmanWashington Supreme Court · 2001
- Ennis v. DasovickNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1993
- Duncan v. Oklahoma Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2004
- Mehdipour v. STATE EX REL. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONSSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2004
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