Legal Opinion
Billy Hite, and Bobby Sessions, Thomas E. Jones v. William D. Leeke, Commissioner, J. L. Harvey, Warden of Kirkland Correctional Institution
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 25, 1977No. 76-1989PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
Three State prisoners, incarcerated in the South Carolina Kirkland Correctional Institution, complained that, as a result of the conditions of their confinement, they were being subjected to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. After considering the answer of the defendants and accompanying affidavit, as well as the reply and accompanying affidavits of the plaintiffs, the District Court denied injunctive relief as to one of the plaintiffs since he was no longer confined at Kirkland Correctional Institution and dismissed summarily the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Ramos v. LammCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Eddie Williams v. J.H. Griffin, Superintendent J.C. Harris, Jr., Area Administrator Aaron J. Johnson, Secretary of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
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- Marvin Jones, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Fred R. Diamond, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Harris v. MurrayDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1990
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