Legal Opinion
Tony Best v. Sharon Pratt Kelly, Mayor
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 26, 1994No. 93-7126, 93-7159PublishedCited by 470 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:
Eighty-four present and former prisoners at Lorton Correctional Institution sued the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Director of the city’s Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that these officials violated their constitutional rights by terminating one drug treatment program — “Unfoldment”—and awarding a contract for another program to a new contractor, who had submitted the lowest bid. 1 They alleged a constitutionally-protected “liberty interest” in completing their “Unfoldment”…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Neitzke v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by470 opinions
- Cuthbert O. Simpkins v. District of Columbia GovernmentCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
- Tooley v. NapolitanoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009
- Atkins v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
- Anyanwutaku, K. v. Moore, MargaretCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
- Yates v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2003
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