Legal Opinion
David Saxner and Alfred Cain, Jr., Cross-Appellants v. Charles Benson, Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 13, 1984No. 82-1799, 82-1816PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.1
Originally the most important issue in this case was whether the members of the prison Institutional Disciplinary Committee were entitled to absolute immunity, not merely qualified immunity, from suits alleging the deprivation of a prisoner’s constitutional rights. In the meantime, however, this court in Redding v. Fairman, 717 F.2d 1105, 1117 (7th Cir.1983), has resolved the immunity issue by adhereing to Chavis v. Rowe, 643 F.2d 1281, 1288 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 907, 102 S.Ct. 415, 70 L.Ed.2d 225 (1981), and Mary and Crystal v. Ramsden, 635…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Hall v. ColeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Grunenthal v. Long Island Rail RoadSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- William Chavis v. Charles J. Rowe, Director, Illinois Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Cleavinger v. SaxnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Maxine Smith v. Charles Rowe, John Platt, Frank Deere, Charlotte Nesbitt, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- James Brunson v. Scott MurrayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
- Sandra KOLAR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF SANGAMON OF the STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Stephen L. Ustrak, Cross-Appellant v. James W. Fairman, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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