Legal Opinion
Speaks v. Pittsylvania County
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided February 20, 1973No. Civ. A. 71-C-58-DPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TURK, District Judge.
Crommer Odell Speaks has filed an action in this court alleging an infringement of his constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1343. In addition, within his § 1983 petition there is contained a request and plea seeking habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
The facts of the case are as follows. The plaintiff was arrested in Virginia on February 20, 1968, for reckless driving and driving without an operator’s license. Warrants were thereupon issued for these charges and immediately executed. The plaintiff was fined…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Delph v. SlaytonDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1972
3Cited by7 opinions
- Haygood v. YoungerDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1981
- Campise v. HamiltonDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1974
- BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Lewis v. BooneDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
- State v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
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