Legal Opinion
Gomes v. Travisono
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided January 16, 1973No. Civ. A. 4794PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
In a prison atmosphere of tension prevailing in the months after the Attica uprising, the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institution on November 18, 1971 shipped eleven inmates out to federal and state prisons throughout the country. Suspected of involvement in a plot to disrupt the prison, the inmates were summarily transferred out of state late in the- evening, without prior notice or opportunity to contact family or counsel. The inmates were not told the reason for the transfer nor were they given an opportunity to state why they should not be transferred.…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Joseph Taylor v. W. L. SterrettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Douglas Gomes v. Anthony P. TravisonoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Hoitt v. VitekDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1973
- Curry-Bey v. JacksonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1976
- State Ex Rel. Olson v. MaxwellNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1977
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