Legal Opinion
Fred Arispe Cruz, Cross-Appellants v. Dr. George Beto and W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1979No. 77-1641PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1180CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs, 12 prisoners of the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) and their attorney Frances T. Jalet Cruz, instituted this civil rights action against George J. Beto, former Director of the TDC,1 pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983. The district court found that defendant had unlawfully interfered with plaintiffs’ attorney-client relationship, entered an injunction against further violations, and, upon a finding of bad faith overcoming Beto’s qualified immunity, awarded money damages and attorney’s fees against defendant. Beto claims that the imposition of an…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Wayne Ernest Barker v. Ben Norman and Jack BallasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Copper Liquor, Inc., Robert Earl Basham, Jr., or the Estate of Harold Letcher, Deceased, Cross-Appellant v. Adolph Coors Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Leo Henzel v. Richard Gerstein, Robert L. Shevin, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Ruiz v. EstelleDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1980
- Troy Lee Douthit v. Clarence Jones, Sheriff, Dallas County, Texas, and W. H. McCallumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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