Legal Opinion
Finney v. Mabry
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided June 30, 1978No. PB-69-C-24PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
EISELE, Chief Judge.
This case, a class action suit on behalf of all inmates confined in the Arkansas Department of Correction, concerns the constitutionality of the practices and procedures at the several units of the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) and is now in its tenth year of litigation. Hearings were held in January, 1978, in a bifurcated procedure: due to a fear of recrimination by prison officials against prisoners who instigated and/or participated in litigation, the prisoners’ court-appointed attorneys were concerned that usual civil procedures would not…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Nelson v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- In Re the Personal Restraint of ReismillerWashington Supreme Court · 1984
- Wilson v. FarrierSupreme Court of Iowa · 1985
- Fichtner v. Iowa State PenitentiarySupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- William Langton v. Louis BermanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
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