Legal Opinion
Pischke v. Litscher
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 21, 1999No. Nos. 98-4013, 99-1659, 99-1721, 99-1728, 99-1800, 99-1832 and 98-4148PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
A number of inmates of Wisconsin state prisons have recently sought habeas corpus in the federal district courts in Wisconsin in order to invalidate, under the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a Wisconsin statute that authorizes the prison authorities to enter into contracts with private prisons in other states for the confinement there of Wisconsin prisoners. Wis. Stat. Ann. § 301.21(2m). Some of the petitioners have already been transferred pursuant to the statute and the others have been notified that they soon will be. Ml the petitioners seek certificates…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Sandin v. ConnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Olim v. WakinekonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- William Street v. Corrections Corporation of America, Jimmy Turner, and Dexter StephenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- Maleng v. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by124 opinions
- Jimmy Walker v. J.T. O'brien, and Joseph W. Finfrock v. Craig A. HanksCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Anthony Dewalt v. Lamark Carter, Correctional Officer Young, Carol BiesterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Montez v. McKinnaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
- Gregory Williams v. State of WisconsinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Moran v. SondalleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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