Legal Opinion

Plyler v. Moore

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided November 14, 1996No. 96-6884PublishedCited by 88 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINS wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS and Judge MOTZ joined.

OPINION

WILKINS, Circuit Judge:

A class of South Carolina prison inmates (the Inmates) appeals an order of the district court terminating, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.A. § 3626(b)(2) (West Supp.1996), as amended by Prison Litigation Reform Act, Pub.L. No. 104-134, § 802(a), 110 Stat. 1321, 1321-68 (1996), a consent decree pertaining to conditions in South Carolina prisons. The Inmates principally inaintain that to the extent the district court correctly interpreted § 3626(b)(2) to require…

2Cases cited33 opinions

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  2. City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Lewis v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  4. Landgraf v. USI Film ProductsSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  5. Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993

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3Cited by88 opinions

  1. Robert O. Gilmore, Jr., and Inmates of San Quentin State Prison, United States of America, Intervenor v. People of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
  2. Beverati v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
  3. James Benjamin v. Michael Jacobson, Commissioner of the Department of Correction of the City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
  4. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. RouseCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
  5. Beverati v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997

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