Legal Opinion

Billy Merritt v. Gordon H. Faulkner

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 6, 1983No. 81-1136Published

1Opinion of the Court

697 F.2d 761

69 A.L.R.Fed. 650

Billy MERRITT, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

Gordon H. FAULKNER, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

No. 81-1136.

United States Court of Appeals,

Seventh Circuit.

Argued Sept. 24, 1982.

Decided Jan. 6, 1983.

Joel M. Hellman, Pressman & Hartunian, Chtd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Sabra A. Weliever, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges.

SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

1

This appeal primarily concerns the right to appointed counsel and the right to a jury trial of an…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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