Legal Opinion
Richardson v. Hatch
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided September 1, 1955No. Civ. A. 2780PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STARR, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff James Richardson, Jr., an inmate of the State prison of southern Michigan serving a life sentence for first-degree murder, filed application for leave to commence and prosecute in for-ma pauperis a civil action for money damages against Blaine W. Hatch, judge of the thirty-seventh judicial circuit of Michigan, and Howard W. Cavanagh, an attorney employed by the plaintiff to represent him in connection with his motion for a new trial. In his proposed complaint accompanying his application the plaintiff alleges violation of his constitutional rights and asks for…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Waley v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Kinney v. Plymouth Rock Squab Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Higgins v. SteeleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1952
- United States Ex Rel. Morris v. Radio Station Wenr. Morris v. United States District Court, Northern Dist. Of Illinois, Eastern DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
- Christianson v. ZerbstCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1937
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Herbert Harrison Loum v. Honorable Mell G. Underwood, Chief Judge of the United States District Court, Eastern Division, Southern District of OhioCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1959
- Charles A. Perkins v. Robert LecureuxCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
- James W. Armstrong v. Charles E. Egeler, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- Urbano v. SondernDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1966
- Mattheis v. HoytDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1955
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