Legal Opinion
French v. Heyne
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 22, 1976No. 75-1883PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from an order dismissing for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted a pro se petition filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by several inmates presently incarcerated at the Indiana State Reformatory in Pendleton, Indiana. The petition alleges that conditions at the reformatory are violative of plaintiffs’ rights under the First, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. Specifically plaintiffs allege that: 1) educational programs at the reformatory are obsolete, defective, and do not reform or rehabilitate; 2) vocational…
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3Cited by70 opinions
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- Willie Williams, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Michael P. Lane, Director of the Illinois Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Laaman v. HelgemoeDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1977
- Lea Duncan v. Jack Duckworth, Warden, and Ronald Freake, Hospital AdministratorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- LUIS MARTINEZ-McBEAN, Appellant v. GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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