Legal Opinion
Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 24, 1977No. 76-1569PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
In this case, New Hampshire state prisoners in protective custody mount a constitutional attack on the conditions of their imprisonment. The decision of the district court largely favored the prisoners, and only the state has appealed. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I
There are about thirty-five protective custody prisoners at the state prison. The life of a protective custody prisoner is, for the most part, boring and filled with inconvenience; the tedium is relieved on occasion by moments of terror. 1 Protective custody, as the name implies, is for prisoners who…
2Cases cited51 opinions
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- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
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- Kosilek v. SpencerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2014
- Phillip L. Lindquist v. Idaho State Board of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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