Legal Opinion

Long v. Norris

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided April 3, 1991No. Nos. 89-5377, 89-5378, 89-5379PublishedCited by 90 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants are the warden and associate warden of the Morgan County (Tennessee) Regional Correctional Facility. The wardens filed this interlocutory appeal in these consolidated civil rights actions brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Each of the three consolidated cases has two plaintiffs, one of whom was an inmate at the Morgan County prison during the relevant time period and one of whom was the inmate’s spouse or fiancee who visited the inmate during the relevant time period. The plaintiffs claim that their constitutional rights were violated by…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by90 opinions

  1. Barbara Walton, Individually and as Next Friend of Courtney Walton and Kamara Walton v. City of Southfield, Keith Birberick, Robert CastlemanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
  2. Katherine Gardenhire and Walter Gardenhire v. Donald Schubert, in His Individual and Official Capacity as Chief of PoliceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
  3. Sheila Hensley v. Ronald GassmanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2012
  4. John Allen Caldwell v. Woodford County Chief Jailer, James Moore, Harry Stephen Tracy Rick Adkins Daniel E. Clark W. Keith BroughtonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
  5. Michael Charles Ward v. Dennis Dyke Fred Christians Robert J. Mayer Sherry Burt, Dan Bolden Donald Houseworth Robert Brown, Jr. David Haskell, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995

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