Legal Opinion
Hoitt v. Vitek
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided August 1, 1973No. Civ. A. 73-55, 73-67PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOWNES, District Judge.
These are two civil rights class actions brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in which the plaintiffs seek declaratory relief under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202, injunctive relief, and compensatory and punitive damages for the alleged deprivations, under color of State law, of rights secured to them by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States. Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3, 4).
These two cases were consolidated for purposes of discovery and trial. These cases present a class action…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Lanza v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Montanye v. HaymesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Roger O. La Batt and Robert Cook v. John J. Twomey, Rudolph L. Lucien v. Peter B. Bensinger and John J. Twomey, Holice P. Black v. John J. TwomeyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Douglas Gomes v. Anthony P. TravisonoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Anthony F. Sisbarro v. Warden, Massachusetts State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
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