Legal Opinion
Marline Jackson v. Richard K. Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 6, 1990No. 89-5017PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
In order to reduce overcrowding in District of Columbia penal facilities, the District’s Good Time Credits Act of 1986 grants early release to prisoners serving sentences in them. A group of female District offenders, housed in a federal facility and hence not covered by the law, challenges its constitutionality on equal protection grounds. They attack the disadvantage both as unlawful gender discrimination and as irrational. Finding…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Singleton v. WulffSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Doughty v. United States Board of ParoleDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1992
- Copeland v. MatthewsDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1991
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