Legal Opinion
Landman v. Royster
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided January 29, 1973No. Civ. A. 170-69-RPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
Under date of October 30, 1971, this Court issued a memorandum and order, 333 F.Supp. 621, enjoining the defendants, who are responsible for the maintenance and running of the Virginia penal system, “from performing, causing to perform, or permitting the performance of any acts found in the memorandum of the Court to be violative of the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.” The Court further directed that the defendants implement certain minimum due process procedures to be observed in administering discipline, to prepare and file with the Court…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Landman v. RoysterDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1971
- Robert Jewell Landman, Sr. v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Battle v. AndersonDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1974
- Janet D. v. CarrosSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Bresolin v. MorrisWashington Supreme Court · 1975
- Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of U.S. Department of Labor v. Joseph P. Mazzola, Robert E. Buckley, Robert J. Costello, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- In the Matter of Grand Jury Proceedings Empanelled May 1988. Appeal of Dennis FrelighCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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