Legal Opinion
Spires v. Bottorff
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided November 5, 1963No. NA 62-C-4PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLDER, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Marvin Spires, on January 22, 1962, filed his Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis with a civil action for the recovery of damages against James L. Bottorff, Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of the State of Indiana (Clark Circuit Court). From an adverse ruling on such motion, an appeal was taken in forma pauperis and it was reversed on May 3, 1963. Spires v. Bottorff, 7 Cir., 317 F.2d 273. The complaint was filed on June 13, 19631 and *443issues were joined by the answer in two defenses filed June 19, 1963. The action was placed on the trial calendar…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Marvin Spires v. James L. BottorffCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- Marvin Spires v. Alfred F. Dowd, Warden of the Indiana State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1959
- Spires v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1963
3Cited by3 opinions
- Claude Grow v. Thomas G. Fisher, Individually and in His Capacity as Prosecuting Attorney for the 30th Judicial Circuit of the State of IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Smith v. SinclairDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1976
- Marvin Spires v. James L. BottorffCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1964