Legal Opinion
Bolding v. Holshouser
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1978No. 76-2151PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
The district court granted a motion under Rule 12(b)(6), F.R.Civ.P., to dismiss a complaint brought by a group of North Carolina prisoners, both individually and as representatives of all prisoners similarly situated in North Carolina prisons. The complaint sought a declaratory judgment that certain prison conditions and certain treatment of prisoners and their mail violated the constitutional rights of the prisoners under the Federal Constitution and the Constitution of North Carolina. The major premise for the district court’s ruling was that the complaint failed to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by84 opinions
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