Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Anderson
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided February 7, 1974No. Civ. A. 4534PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STAPLETON, District Judge:
The plaintiffs in this civil rights action are six inmates at the Delaware Correctional Center at Smyrna. Five are currently housed in the solitary confinement section of that institution. They allege that they have been denied due process of law; that the conditions of their incarceration constitute cruel and unusual punishment; and that their access to newspapers and magazines has been unconstitutionally abridged. The remaining plaintiff was held in the isolation section during some unspecified period in the past and makes the same arguments with respect to…
2Cases cited65 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Cruz v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by30 opinions
- James E. Sweet v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, Director William D. LeekeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Laaman v. HelgemoeDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1977
- N. H. Newman v. State of Alabama and Bill Baxley, Attorney General for the State of Alabama, United States of America, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Stokes v. HurdleDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1975
- Hayward v. ProcunierCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
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