Legal Opinion
Grubbs v. Bradley
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided August 13, 1982No. 80-3404, 80-3581, 80-3616 and 80-3617PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MORTON, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenges the constitutionality of conditions of confinement in 12 of Tennessee’s adult penal institutions. The case originated as several separate pro se prisoner complaints, each of which challenged various related aspects of prison conditions in the state. Having determined that this court’s previous, consistently followed practice of abstention in favor of a pending state court action on the same issues was unjustifiable in light of a recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by102 opinions
- Del Raine v. WillifordCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Frank James v. Milwaukee County and Franklin LotterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Childs v. PellegrinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
- Madrid v. GomezDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1995
- William R. Beard, Jr. v. Gary J. Livesay, Warden Robert Davies, Acting Warden and Evans Fine, Director of Offender ClassificationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
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