Legal Opinion
Spates v. Manson
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 8, 1980No. 888, Docket 79-2267PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:
This action commenced on October 8, 1976, when Joseph Spates and two other inmates at the Connecticut Correctional Institution at Somers filed a pro se complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, charging various state correctional officials with denying their right to a constitutionally adequate law library and legal assistance in the prison.1 The complaint sought “injunctive and declaratory judgment against the defendants, ordering said defendants to submit a policy statement in accordance with recent United States Supreme Court…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Board of Public Instruction of Duval County, Florida v. Daly N. Braxton and Sharon Braxton, Minors, by Sadie Braxton, Their Mother Andnext FriendCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- United States v. James David Blue Thunder, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- Hoots v. Commonwealth Of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Resident Advisory Board v. RizzoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Walter D. Balla v. Idaho State Board of Corrections, Walter D. Balla v. Idaho State Board of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- John Stanley Campbell v. H.G. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Armstrong v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- J W v. Birmingham Bd. of Educ.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018
- Armstrong v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
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