Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. William Scott v. Illinois Parole and Pardon Board and Lou Brewer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 9, 1982No. 79-2131PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons which follow, we reverse the decision of the district court and remand for further proceedings.
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Petitioner William Scott is an inmate at the Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois, serving a 25 to 40 year sentence for murder. On March 6, 1979, Scott was granted leave to file his pro se petition for habeas corpus. The petition alleged that the Illinois Parole and Pardon Board, now the Prisoner Review Board, had violated Scott’s constitutional rights by denying his request for parole for the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Montanye v. HaymesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- John J. Rodriguez v. United States Parole Commission and Metropolitan Correctional Center, Robert Elsea, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- United States ex rel. Johnson v. Chairman of New York State Board of ParoleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- United States of America Ex Rel. Charles Richerson v. Dennis Wolff, Warden, Sheridan Institution, and the Illinois Parole and Pardon BoardCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Board of Pardons v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Marcus T. Baumann v. Arizona Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Ramesh Solomon v. Robert I. Elsea, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Hanrahan v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
- Robert Brennan v. Michael J. Cunningham, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
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