Legal Opinion

In the Matter of the Alleged Contumacious Conduct of Clovis Carl Green, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided November 9, 1978No. 78-1442PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Clovis Carl Green, Jr., an inmate of the Missouri State Penitentiary, which is located at or near Jefferson City, Missouri, from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (District Judge Russell G. Clark) holding Green guilty of criminal contempt of the district court in that he willfully violated an injunction issued by that court in 1976 restraining him from “writ writing” activities in behalf of other convicts. 1 Appellant, who will hereinafter be referred to either by surname or as “respondent,” was found…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Maness v. MeyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Turner v. American Bar Ass'nDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1975
  5. Worden v. SearlsSupreme Court of the United States · 1887

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Larry A. Storseth, 623435 v. John D. SpellmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
  2. Robert Procup v. C. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
  3. In Re Reverend Clovis Carl Green, JrCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
  4. Glover v. JohnsonDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1979
  5. Clovis Carl Green, Jr. v. Carl White, in Re Clovis Carl Green, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980

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