Legal Opinion
More v. Farrier
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 27, 1993No. 92-1468PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Glendale More, Jr., an Iowa State Penitentiary (“ISP”) inmate who regularly uses a wheelchair, brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action on behalf of himself and two other wheelchair-bound ISP inmates1 (collectively “appellees”) to settle their rights and privileges at ISP. The only issue on appeal is whether the named Iowa prison officials violated appellees’ rights to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment by refusing to install cable television service in their individual cells.2 The district court referred this issue to a magistrate judge who decided,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Erwin & Erwin v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Stafford J. Coolbaugh v. State of Louisiana, on Behalf of la.dept. Of Public Safety & Corr., on Behalf of La. Dept. Of Motor VehiclesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Contractors Ass'n of Eastern Pennsylvania v. City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Klinger v. Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Bartlett v. New York State Board of Law ExaminersDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1997
- Mummelthie v. City of Mason City, IowaDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1995
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