Legal Opinion
Carey v. Beans
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 20, 1980No. Civ. A. 80-0253PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TROUTMAN, District Judge.
During the past ten years civil rights petitions filed in federal court by state prisoners seeking redress for alleged violations of constitutional rights have increased by almost 400%. 1 Many of the prisoners request release from incarceration. The instant case, however, involves a rare and somewhat unusual prayer for relief: plaintiff seeks to enjoin the defendants from excluding his entry into a state prison.
In mid-January 1980, plaintiff, an unlicensed bailbondsman who worked at the Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, prison for seven years,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Pell v. ProcunierSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Branti v. FinkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Glassman v. Computervision Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- United States v. WadeDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
- Jack Colgan v. Fisher Scientific CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Mary Ann Tavery v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
- Cuffy v. Getty Refining & Marketing Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1986
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