Legal Opinion
Hooks v. Wainwright
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided April 14, 1982No. 71-144-Civ-J-S, 71-1011-Civ-J-SPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHARLES R. SCOTT, Senior District Judge.
This is a civil rights class action 1 brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 2 on behalf of all indigent inmates who are presently or will hereafter be in the custody of defendant Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. 3 At issue is the right of Florida’s inmates to meaningful access to the courts. This litigation has enjoyed an active, varied and progressively significant history. Eleven years of litigation has operated as a filtering process, culminating in the instant decision. What began as an innocuous action seeking to…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Phillip L. Lindquist v. Idaho State Board of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Harold Raymond Hooks v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc., Harold Raymond Hooks v. Louie L. Wainwright, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Canterino v. WilsonDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1983
- Hadix v. JohnsonDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1988
- Ralph B. Carter v. Michael v. FairCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
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