Legal Opinion
DeHart v. Horn
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 22, 1997No. 971 M.D. 1996PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILVESTRI, Senior Judge.
Before us are the preliminary objections of the Respondents, Martin F. Horn, Commissioner of the Department of Corrections of Pennsylvania, and James S. Price, Superintendent State Correctional Institution at Greene, to an action in mandamus filed by the Petitioners, Robert Dehart and Raymond Ziomek, inmates of general population at the State Correctional Institution at Greene (SCI-Greene), to compel the Respondents to provide them with at least two hours of daily, outdoor, physical exercise as mandated by Section 1 of the Act of June 14, 1923, P.L. 775, 61 P.S. §…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Peterkin v. JeffesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by18 opinions
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