Legal Opinion
Foust v. Pearman
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 29, 1992No. 78996PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice.
The petitioner, a prisoner in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, sent to the District Court Clerk an application for writs of mandamus and prohibition seeking relief against prison officials. Accompanying the application was the prisoner’s pauper’s affidavit.1 Attached to the pauper's affidavit was a certification by the prison officials showing that the petitioner had $42.98 in his savings account and $1.12 in his draw account.2 The District Judge issued an order to the prison officials requiring them to send all of the prisoner’s funds to the Clerk in…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Adkins v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Kim King and Kent Norman v. Victor AtiyehCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Evans v. CroomCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Gamble v. CalboneCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004
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- Smith v. MooreSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2002
- Cotner v. GoldenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2006
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