Legal Opinion

Cox v. Cook

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 28, 1975No. 74-751PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Per curiam

This petition by officials of the Virginia prison system for a writ of certiorari arises out of a suit brought against them by an inmate of the Virginia State Penitentiary in which he alleged that on three occasions, between October 1968 and March 1970, he was placed in solitary confinement for misconduct without being given notice of the misconduct charged or an opportunity to meet the charge at a hearing, 1 in violation of the procedural requirements of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; and in which he requested monetary damages and expunction of all records of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Landman v. RoysterDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1971
  4. Robert Jewell Landman, Sr. v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Johnson v. DuffyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
  2. Johnson v. DuffyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
  3. Ruben Ramirez Sanchez v. H.G. Miller, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Marion, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
  5. Wycoff v. BrewerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978

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