Legal Opinion
John Reid v. Phillip Charney and Howard Lee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1956No. 12826_1PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant’s action for damages under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1981-1983, was originally filed against ten defendants. Upon motion, the complaint was dismissed as to eight of them and no appeal was taken from that order. Subsequently, the complaint was dismissed as to the two remaining defendants because of the appellant’s failure to proceed with trial, and it is from that dismissal that this appeal was taken.
The appellant is an inmate of the Southern Michigan State Prison. The complaint, prepared by the appellant himself, although vague and repetitious, in the opinion of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Adkins v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Goldsby v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Austin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1927
- United States v. KinzerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1951
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- Willie R. Manning v. A. L. Lockhart, Superintendent, Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- St. Clair E. Miller v. Hyman Pleasure, M.D., as Superintendent of Middletown State Hospital, Middletown, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- William Estep v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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