Legal Opinion

Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, Appellants/cross-Appellees v. John B. Greenholtz, Appellees/cross-Appellants

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 13, 1977No. 77-1284 and 77-1098PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal and cross-appeal come to us from a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. 436 F.Supp. 432 (1976). 1 On direct appeal a subclass of plaintiff inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex renew their claim that they are entitled to injunc-tive relief and damages against defendant members of the Nebraska Board of Parole because of an admittedly unconstitutional but now abandoned Board policy of refusing to consider otherwise eligible inmates for discretionary parole if the inmates had actions pending…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Wood v. StricklandSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. United States v. Oregon State Medical SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. Arthur Ray PARHAM, Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO., AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
  4. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex v. John B. GreenholtzCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
  5. Thomas Robert Wilson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Oldham v. EhrlichCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
  2. In Re Detention of TurayWashington Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Harkless v. Sweeny Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  4. Kimbrough v. Arkansas Activities AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
  5. Kimbrough v. Arkansas Activities Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978

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