Legal Opinion
Benjamin v. Potter
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided May 13, 1986No. Civ. Nos. 1983/246, 1983/266PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
These civil rights cases require us to define the perimeters of a prisoner’s right of access to Virgin Islands legal research materials and then fashion a remedy for its violation. The former issue entails a well-settled principle of constitutional law and is readily resolved. But we will defer the latter question, in the first instance, to the Government.
I. FACTS
The plaintiffs are prisoners convicted under the criminal statutes of the Virgin Islands and incarcerated in federal prisons. We have consolidated these suits because they present the same question:…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Ex Parte HullSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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- Cooper v. SumnerDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1987
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