Legal Opinion
Leach v. Vose
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided January 23, 1997No. 96-25-AppealPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOURCIER, Justice.
This matter comes before us on the appeals of both the inmate-applicants and the director of the Department of Corrections (department) from the partial granting of their respective cross-motions for summary judgment in the Superior Court.
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Facts and Travel
Douglas Leach (Leach) is the lead plaintiff for a group of some one hundred plus inmates who had applied for post-conviction relief in the Superior Court. 1 The common basis for their applications is the contention that the computation of good time and industrial time credits by the department, pursuant to G.L.1956 §…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Montanye v. HaymesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Kleppe v. New MexicoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Michael C. Tuitt v. Michael Fair, Massachusetts Commissioner of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Washington v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- Cote v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2010
- DuPonte v. WallDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 2018
- Johnson v. State 99-1007 (2002)Superior Court of Rhode Island · 2002
- Spivey v. WallSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2011
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