Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Bishop
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided June 3, 1967No. PB-66-C-64, PB-66-C-74 and PB-66-C-99PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
OREN HARRIS and GORDON E. YOUNG, District Judges.
These are suits in equity brought under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 by three inmates of the Arkansas State Penitentiary against O. E. Bishop, Superintendent of the Penitentiary. The cases first became known to the court through handwritten petitions filed by each of the prisoners seeking various forms of relief. The court allowed the petitions to be filed in forma pauperis and treated each one as a complaint for equitable relief under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983. Counsel was appointed for the prisoners, and after investigation an amended…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Ex Parte HullSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Cooper v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- John Alfred Lee v. Ralph H. Tahash, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Talley v. StephensDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1965
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Jackson v. BishopCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Lawrence J. Holt v. Robert Sarver, Commissioner of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Holt v. SarverDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1970
- Carothers v. FolletteDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
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