Legal Opinion
Smith v. Swenson
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided April 26, 1971No. Civ. A. 1495PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGMENT OF DISMISSAL
WILLIAM H. BECKER, Chief Judge.
In his complaint herein under the Federal Civil Rights Act, plaintiff, a state convict confined in the Missouri State Penitentiary, stated that he had been placed in the “C-Basement maximum security unit” because certain members of the general prison population have made and are making threats against his life; that, by such confinement, plaintiff “is now being treated the same as intractable prisoners who are being punished in C-Basement maximum security unit for violating the rules and regulations of the penitentiary”; that plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Jackson v. BishopCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Leimer v. State Mut. Life Assur. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- Burns v. SwensonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by11 opinions
- James E. Sweet v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, Director William D. LeekeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Commonwealth v. BoydMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Gordon J. O'Brien v. John R. MoriartyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- Nathan Breeden v. Hunter P. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
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