Legal Opinion
Pugh v. Rainwater
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided February 16, 1973No. Civ. 71-488PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.
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HISTORY
This action brought almost two years ago by Florida prisoners held for trial without ever having received an impartial judicial determination of probable cause for their detention, now comes before the court for detailed findings on the extent to which present state practice falls short of meeting constitutional requirements. In an order of October 12, 1972, this court initially ruled that both the fourth amendment and the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment require a prompt hearing before a neutral and detached judicial officer for…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Harold T. Tarter v. James HuryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Robert Pugh and Nathaniel Henderson v. James RainwaterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Williams v. WardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Robert Pugh and Nathaniel Henderson v. James RainwaterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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