Legal Opinion
Battle v. Anderson
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 21, 1980No. Nos. 79-1709, 78-1318 and 78-1889PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, Circuit Judge.
The genesis of these consolidated cases is the deteriorated physical and internal conditions surrounding Oklahoma’s state penal system which were highlighted following a disastrous riot at the State Penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma, in 1973. That riot resulted in $20 million in property damage and ^tragic loss of lives. The jurisdiction of the District Court from whence the instant appeals are brought, was originally invoked on April 24, 1972, when Bobby Battle, then an inmate at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, filed a pro se civil rights action. The American Civil…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Ramos v. LammCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
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- In Re Jensen-Farley Pictures, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1985
- Gurule v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Love v. Summit CountyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
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