Legal Opinion
Hertz v. Cleary
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided May 29, 1992No. S-4261PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.
The central contention in this appeal is that the superior court erred in failing to grant Sidney Hertz’s motion to intervene as a pro se plaintiff in the Cleary class action litigation challenging prison conditions.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS.
The Cleary litigation began in 1981 as a Civil Rule 23 class action challenging the conditions of Alaska’s correctional facilities. The class consisted of all inmates who were or would be incarcerated in Alaska prisons (denominated subclasses A and B) and Alaska inmates serving sentences in Federal facilities (denominated…
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- Michael Douglas McNeil v. William B. Guthrie, Michael Douglas McNeil v. William B. GuthrieCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by18 opinions
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