Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Cedar Junction
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 15, 2002No. 99-P-1582PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKafker, J.
As he was being confronted in a hallway by a correction officer who had previously reported him for possessing a weapon, an inmate slipped a newspaper through the slot in the door of the cell occupied by another inmate, the plaintiff, Joseph Jordan. The officer immediately opened the cell and discovered an eight and one-half inch piece of flat stock unsharpened metal concealed within the newspaper.1 After a disciplinary hearing the plaintiff was found guilty on two charges relating to the piece of metal, which was admittedly contraband. Following an *585unsuccessful appeal to the superintendent,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Trustees of Forbes Library v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Labor Relations Commission v. University Hospital, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. DeagleMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
- Murphy v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Cedar JunctionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Quazi v. Barnstable CountyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
- Beryl v. Superintendent, Souza-Baranowski Correctional CenterMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
- Allen v. Department of CorrectionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
- Breest v. VerdiniMassachusetts Superior Court · 2002
- Mello v. FiccoMassachusetts Superior Court · 2004
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