Legal Opinion
Peterkin v. Jeffes
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 23, 1988No. 87-1312PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Two constitutional issues are raised on appeal in this class action: whether prisoners sentenced to death by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and currently imprisoned at the State Correctional Institutions at Graterford and Huntingdon are confined in conditions constituting cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the eighth amendment, and whether the Commonwealth and its prison officials are providing these prisoners with sufficient legal resources to vindicate their constitutional right of access to the courts. In deciding these…
2Cases cited82 opinions
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- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by104 opinions
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- Young v. QuinlanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Robert Shawn Wishon v. James "Tony" Gammon Jim Moore Dick Moore George LombardiCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
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