Legal Opinion
Ronald Eugene Rickman, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Ricky Bell, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1997No. 94-5721, 94-6232 and 94-6538PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRyan, J., joined by Keith, J.,
SUHRHEINRICH, J. (pp: 1160-1167), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
RYAN, Circuit Judge.
Ricky Bell, the warden of the Tennessee Riverbend Maximum Security Institution and the respondent in this proceeding, appeals from the district court’s judgment granting a writ of habeas corpus to petitioner Ronald Eugene Rickman pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Rickman has filed a cross-appeal from the district court’s denial of several of his constitutional claims.
Although both parties advance numerous issues, we find only one necessary to our resolution of this appeal. Concluding that the…
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- Baxter v. RoseTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
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