Legal Opinion
William Joe Johnson v. Harry S. Avery, Commissioner of Correction, and C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1967No. 17292_1PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEICK, Chief Judge.
The crux of this case is the question of validity of a regulation of the Tennessee State Penitentiary at Nashville, which prohibits any inmate from advising or assisting other prisoners in the preparation or filing of writs of habeas corpus or other legal papers. 1 The regulation was promulgated and enforced by the defendants-appellants in their official capacities as Commissioner of Correction of the State of Tennessee and Warden of the State Penitentiary, respectively.
After being subjected to punishment for repeated violations of the rule, usually by confinement in the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Leona Weber, in Behalf of John R. Zimmerman and Billie Zimmerman, Petitioner v. Rudy Garza, U. S. MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Walker v. HughesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- Grubbs v. BradleyDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1982
- Sostre v. RockefellerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
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