Legal Opinion
Burgess v. Roth
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 9, 1975No. Civ. A. 71-938PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970), plaintiff, Walter A. Burgess, brought this civil rights action, alleging that defendants deprived him of rights secured to him by the Fifth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States by detaining him in prison for six days after they had decided to release him. The individual defendants were or are members of the Board of Probation and Parole of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1 Under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, defendants have moved for summary judgment,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Stack v. BoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by21 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Burgess v. LindseyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
- Dennis Luther v. Vincent MolinaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Commonwealth v. McDermottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Kellogg v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1980
- Afrika v. SelskyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990
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