Legal Opinion
Graddick, Attorney General of Alabama v. Newman Et Al.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided September 2, 1981No. A-72PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D. C. M. D. Ala. Application for stay, presented to The Chief Justice, and by him referred to the Court, denied.
Opinion of
Justice Powell.
This case, involving an application and “reapplication” for a stay, arises in a complex and unusual procedural posture. The applicant Charles A. Graddick is the Attorney General of Alabama. Late on the afternoon of July 23 he applied to me as Circuit Justice to stay an order of the District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The order arose from protracted litigation, commenced in 1971, involving conditions in the Alabama prison system. It directed…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Alabama v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Linda R. S. v. Richard D.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Michigan v. DoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Newman v. AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Pugh v. LockeDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1976
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Dana Leigh Thompson v. County of Franklin, William A. Hughes, Treasurer of Franklin CountyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Lawton Chiles, Jr., Bob Martinez, Metropolitan Dade County, Intervenors-Appellants v. Richard Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Harris v. PernsleyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Newman v. AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- N. H. Newman, United States of America, Amicus Curiae v. State of Alabama, Charles A. Graddick, Attorney General, State of Alabama, Movant-Appellant. N. H. Newman, United States of America, Amicus Curiae v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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