Legal Opinion
Norman C. Gray, Jr. v. J. Shane Creamer, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 14, 1972No. 71-1714PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge.
On May 13, 1971, plaintiffs Gray, Harris, Moore, Holden and Sowers, prisoners or former prisoners at the State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh (the “Western Penitentiary”), brought the instant civil rights action on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated to secure redress for various allegedly unconstitutional actions by the defendants. Jurisdiction was invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 2201 and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985. Plaintiffs allege that they had been deprived of rights guaranteed to them by the First, Sixth, Eighth…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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3Cited by125 opinions
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