Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Mcwherter
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided January 16, 1998No. 01A01-9706-CV-00266PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANTRELL, Judge.
Six inmates in the custody of the Department of Correction brought a declaratory judgment suit against the Parole Eligibility Review Board (“the Board”), against its members individually, and against a number of other state officials. The complaint alleged that the defendants had violated the plaintiffs’ equal protection and due process rights, by failing to recalculate their sentences under the Criminal Sentencing Reform Act of 1989 and/or failing to grant them an accelerated Release Eligibility Date (“RED”).
The trial court dismissed the complaint for failure to state…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- California Department of Corrections v. MoralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Lynce v. MathisSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Powell v. Parole Eligibility Review BoardCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
- State v. PearsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Utley v. Tennessee Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2003
- Billy R. Sadler v. Tennessee Board of Probation and ParoleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
- Byrd v. Dept. of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
- Fred Hodges v. Virginia Lewis, WardenCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
- Hensley v. TDOCCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
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