Legal Opinion
Helms v. Hewitt
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 30, 1981No. 80-2393PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we are asked to adjust the tensions between the necessity for efficient and orderly administration of state prisons on the one hand and the protection of important constitutional interests of their inmates on the other. The plaintiff, Aaron Helms, filed this action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) requesting damages and injunctive and declaratory relief against certain officials of the State Correctional Institution at Hun-tingdon, Pennsylvania (“SCI Huntingdon”).…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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3Cited by60 opinions
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- Madrid v. GomezDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1995
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