Legal Opinion
Green v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 16, 1992No. 90-7062PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Rickke Leon Green, an inmate at the Oklahoma State Prison (OSP), appeals a judgment of the district court awarding him $15,000 in damages in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit. The district court, in a bench trial, found that defendants, various prison officials and guards, exceeded permissible constitutional parameters in their actions.1
Although plaintiff won on the central issues in the district court, he is the appellant, contending that the district court erred (1) in not granting an injunction enjoining defendants’ behavior, (2) in ruling that his pendent state…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Smith v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Kenneth Ray Meade v. Grubbs, Badge No. 128, Individually and as a Deputy Sheriff of the County of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Earnest Bell, Jr. v. Robert Johnson, Mark Stimpson Allen BlatterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
- Josephine Brown v. Aristedes Zavaras, Robert FurlongCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Handy v. PriceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Ronald Gaines v. Ski Apache, Formerly Known as Sierra Blanca, Formerly Known as Sierra Blanca Ski EnterprisesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Petrick v. MaynardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
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