Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Rowe
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 10, 1980No. 79-6000PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
449 U.S. 5 (1980)
HUGHES
v.
ROWE ET AL.
No. 79-6000.
Supreme Court of United States.
Decided November 10, 1980.
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT.
2Per curiam
Petitioner, an inmate of the Illinois state Penitentiary, asks us to review an order dismissing his civil rights action against the respondent corrections officers and directing him to pay counsel fees of $400 for services rendered by the Attorney General of Illinois in representing the respondents in that action.
After granting a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a…
Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.
3Cases cited19 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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4Cited by2 opinions
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