Legal Opinion

Glenn Diamond, Cleophus Moore, and Alvin Clayborne v. Glen Thompson, Ex-Warden

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 28, 1975No. 74-3603PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Per curiam

Inmates of the Alabama prison system brought a class action seeking various forms of injunctive relief, including return to some of them of items of personal property which they claimed had been confiscated without cause and without compensation. Defendants are former Warden Glen Thompson, Warden Walter T. Capps, Commissioner of the Alabama Board of Corrections L. B. Sullivan, Deputy Warden B. L. Long, and Captain of Guards G. W. New. 1

On July 30, 1973, the District Court found that because of disturbances in which they participated plaintiffs were transferred from the prison facilities where…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Diamond v. ThompsonDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1973
  2. David Culp v. William Martin, U.S. MarshalCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  3. Ernesto Montana, Jr. v. Lan E. Harrelson, Warden, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Mrs. Jimmie Lue Williams v. Douglas E. Kelley and Floyd Carlton McIntyreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  3. Richard B. Smith v. Sheriff Mike Sullivan, Hector Salvida Amaya v. Sheriff Mike SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  4. Hardwick v. AultDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1978
  5. Wojtczak v. CuylerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979

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