Legal Opinion
Samuel E. Williams v. Dolph Briscoe
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1981No. 80-1104PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Samuel E. Williams, currently serving a 50 year sentence for armed robbery, appeals the second dismissal of his complaint brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981,1983 and 1985, against various Texas state officials including the Governor, his administrative assistant, the Chairmen of the Board of Pardons and Parole and Board of Corrections, and the Director of the Department of Corrections. The district court originally dismissed the complaint, correctly applying precedents of this court. Subsequent to the district court’s decision the Supreme Court announced its opinion…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Samuel E. Williams v. Dolph BriscoeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
3Cited by57 opinions
- Board of Pardons v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Johnson v. RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Ex Parte PattersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Marcus T. Baumann v. Arizona Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Ernest M. Serio v. Members of Louisiana State Board of Pardons, Howard Marsellus, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
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