Legal Opinion
Peterkin v. Jeffes
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 4, 1987No. Civ. A. 83-304PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
McGLYNN, District Judge.
This is a class action in which individuals under sentence of death and currently confined to “death rows” at Pennsylvania’s Correctional Institutions at Graterford and Huntingdon challenge the conditions of their confinement under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The inmates also challenge restrictions on their first amendment right to the free exercise of religion and their sixth amendment right to access to courts. Original jurisdiction is vested in this court by 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343 (West Supp.1986).
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2Cases cited61 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Mitchell v. DodrillDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2010
- Hassine v. JeffesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Lopez v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Peterkin v. JeffesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Peterkin v. JeffesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
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