Legal Opinion
Stevenson v. Reed
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided March 27, 1975No. GC 73-76-KPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
READY, Chief Judge.
This § 1983 class action is a separate chapter of litigation against the Mississippi State Penitentiary brought by Willie X. Stevenson and Ronald Paul Adams, black and white inmates respectively, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief on behalf of all present and future penitentiary inmates against the penitentiary superintendent and other prison officials. 1 ******Plaintiff-inmates contend that defendants have failed to provide the inmate population with adequate means to have access to the courts for redress of grievances and legal resources…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Ex Parte HullSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Smith v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- William Knighton, Cross-Appellant v. John C. Watkins, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Phillip L. Lindquist v. Idaho State Board of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Marvin Jones, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Fred R. Diamond, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States Ex Rel. Wolfish v. LeviDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1977
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