Legal Opinion

Cooper v. Pate

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 22, 1964No. 1134 MPublishedCited by 477 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

378 U.S. 546 (1964)

COOPER

v.

PATE, WARDEN.

No. 1134, Misc.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 22, 1964.

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT.

Alex Elson and Bernard Weisberg for petitioner.

William G. Clark, Attorney General of Illinois, and Raymond S. Sarnow and Edward A. Berman, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent.

2Per curiam

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted.

The petitioner, an inmate at the Illinois State Penitentiary, brought an action under 28 U. S. C. § 1343…

3Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Theodore X. A. Sewell v. Paul F. Pegelow, Etc., Joseph X. Watson v. Paul F. Pegelow, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
  2. Thomas Cooper v. Frank J. Pate, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
  3. Cooper v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

4Cited by477 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Cruz v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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