Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Lane
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 22, 1990No. 4-89-0186, 4-89-0266 consPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Steigmann
This consolidated appeal involves two petitioners, Kenneth Thompson and John Croom, both inmates at the Pontiac Correctional Center (Pontiac), and their challenge to procedures used by the named respondents on behalf of the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) in revoking good-time credit. DOC appeals from judgments of the trial court (1) denying its motions to dismiss petitioners’ petitions for writ of mandamus, and (2) ordering DOC to conduct a rehearing of the inmate disciplinary reports, or in the alternative, to restore petitioners’ lost good time and demotion in grade. On appeal,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Gerald McCollum Clifton C. Piggie-Bey, Harry L. Greene-El, and Reynaldo Ramirez-Rodriguez v. Harold Miller, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by23 opinions
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