McCarthy v. Warden
Supreme Court of Connecticut
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The principal issue in this appeal is the applicability of res judicata to foreclose relitigation, in a state court habeas corpus action, of constitutional claims regarding prison disciplinary proceedings that were previously adjudicated in a federal civil rights action. The petitioner, John J. McCarthy, filed an *291amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus directed to the respondent, the warden of the state prison, challenging the validity of twenty-five separate disciplinary proceedings resulting in his forfeiture of good time credits. The trial court, O’Neill, J., granted the respondent’s…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by39 opinions
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