Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. George Atterbury v. Joseph E. Ragen, Warden, Illinois Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 6, 1956No. 11756_1PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff brings this action under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981 et seq. He asserts that he is now and for some time past has been imprisoned in the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois. Defendant Ragen is the Warden of the Penitentiary, and the other defendants are officers and guards at that institution. Plaintiff charges that as a result of a conspiracy, and acting under the color of state law, defendants, on various dates in 1954 and 1955 cruelly and violently beat and assaulted plaintiff with a dangerous weapon inflicting physical injuries.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Collins v. HardymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Cochran v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Sweeney v. WoodallSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Dictograph Products, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Negrich v. HohnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- United States ex rel. Miller v. TwomeyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- Mark O. Hatfield, Governor of the State of Oregon v. Paul R. BailleauxCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
- Oscar Bethea v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, James Townsend v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
- Douglas Stiltner v. B. J. Rhay, Superintendent, Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla, WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
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