Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Burgess v. Lindsey
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 21, 1975No. Civ. A. 73-281PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
In this civil rights action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff Walter A. Burgess challenges the constitutionality of certain specified practices of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (“the Board”). At all times relevant to this complaint, the individual defendants were members of the Board. Plaintiff alleges that defendants, by detaining him after his arrest for a new crime pending his acquittal or conviction for that offense, and by detaining him after his conviction on that offense until his sentencing before…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Commonwealth v. KatesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Don B. Cook v. United States Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Gaito v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Bronson v. Commonwealth Board of Probation & ParoleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- State v. DupardWashington Supreme Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. HolmesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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