Legal Opinion

Garland v. Polley

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 27, 1979No. 78-1666PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

In this action two prisoners claim violations of their civil rights by prison officials. The first issue requires an examination of the officials’ action in shutting down the plaintiffs’ leather goods business which they *1221operated inside the penal institution. As a second matter we must assess plaintiff Garland’s claim that he was transferred to a maximum security prison in retaliation for exercising his right to file a lawsuit over the shutdown of the leather goods business. Garland alleged that after the transfer he was assaulted by several other inmates at the maximum…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Anthony F. McDonald v. Frank A. HallCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
  2. Smith v. MaschnerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
  3. Chester Patterson v. Barry MintzesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
  4. George Goff v. James Burton, John Henry, and Crispus C. NixCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
  5. Milhouse v. CarlsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981

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