Legal Opinion

Ringo v. Lombardi

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 8, 2012No. 11-2839PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RILEY, Chief Judge.

Appellants are Missouri state prisoners convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. George A. Lombardi is the Director of the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) and is ultimately responsible for executions in Missouri. Lombardi oversees and supervises the execution process, and has authority to change the type and dosage of drugs used in Missouri’s lethal-injection protocol. Terry Russell is the Warden of the Eastern Regional Diagnostic and Correctional Center where the executions are performed.

Missouri’s lethal-injection protocol involves administering…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Spencer v. KemnaSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  2. Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  3. Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. Murphy v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. North Carolina v. RiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by40 opinions

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  2. Jerome Williams v. Jon OzmintCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2013
  3. David Zink v. George LombardiCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015
  4. Larry Flynt v. George LombardiCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2018
  5. James Hunter v. Page County, IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2024

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