Legal Opinion
Hickson v. Allison
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided August 7, 1996No. 10-95-229-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CUMMINGS, Justice.
On April 10, 1995, Jimmy Lee Hickson, a prison inmate, filed a pro se petition alleging that William B. Allison, an officer employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, wrongfully deprived him of access to the prison’s law library, in violation of his rights under the United States Constitution. Hick-son complained that he was using the law library one day during the morning session, which ran from 12:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., when Allison forced him to depart the library before the session had ended. For this allegedly wrongful act, Hickson requested $20,000 in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Isiah Carl Green v. Dan v. McKaskle Acting Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Spellmon v. Sweeney, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1991
- Birdo v. DeBose, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1991
- Smith v. Stevens, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1991
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3Cited by2 opinions
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