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Joseph Kauffman, State Correctional Institution, Dallas, Pennsylvania v. Frank G. Johnston, State Correctional Institution, Dallas, Pennsylvania

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided January 7, 1972No. 18734PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

2Per curiam

This is an appeal by Kauffman at our No. 18,734 from a judgment at Civil No. 69-73 in the District Court. Kauff-man’s complaint was filed March 4, 1969 and is based on R.S. Section 1979, “Civil action for deprivation of rights, 42 U.S. C. § 1983” and also on the First, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, and seeks injunctive relief and damages in the amount of $1,080,000. The complaint names Frank C. Johnston, Superintendent of the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Dallas, Pennsylvania as defendant, states numerous claims, and is inartistically drawn and…

3Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Jack Gittlemacker v. Arthur T. Prasse, Commissioner of Prisons of Pa. And Frank C. Johnston, Warden, State Correctional Institution, Dallas, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
  2. United States of America Ex Rel. Burwell L. Jones v. Alfred T. Rundle, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
  3. United States ex rel. Gittlemacker v. County of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
  4. Harry Berkowitz, Guardian of the Estate of Wilson Kinch, a Minor, and Wilson Kinch v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
  5. Russell M. Morgan v. Bert MelcharCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971

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4Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth ex rel. Lindsley v. RobinsonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Consolidation Coal Co., Inc. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. United States v. KahaneDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1975
  4. Pabon v. McIntoshDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
  5. United States v. Robert James GazdaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974

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