Legal Opinion
Walker v. Rowe
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 27, 1982No. 80 C 5310PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ASPEN, District Judge:
Plaintiffs are three former correctional officers, one of their wives and three administrators of the estates of correctional officers who died in an inmate riot at the Pontiac Correctional Center on July 22, 1978. Plaintiffs’ cause of action is brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on the theory that various state corrections officials deprived them of their constitutional rights by failing to take action to prevent the July 22, 1978, riot and its tragic consequences. Defendant William O’Sullivan, former assistant warden at the correctional…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Parklane Hosiery Co. v. ShoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brown v. FelsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Johnson v. DuffyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Fox v. CustisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
- Dale Walker v. Charles Rowe and David SandahlCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Jensen v. ConradCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Rosa v. CantrellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
- Begg v. MoffittDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
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