Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Levine
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 17, 1978No. Civ. H-77-113PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALEXANDER HARVEY, II, District Judge:
In this consolidated class action, the plaintiffs, who are state prisoners, are challenging as unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the Maryland House of Correction (the “MHC”), a medium-security penal institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services of the State of Maryland. The essential claim here is that the MHC is unconstitutionally overcrowded and that, as a result, the plaintiffs are being deprived of various rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution.
Commencing in early 1977, many…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Cruz v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Garcia Jay Wright v. George Collins, Warden, Maryland Penitentiary Dr. Berry Officer Larry DonnellCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
- Lopez v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Campbell v. CauthronCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Dawson v. KendrickDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1981
- Warren C. Nelson v. George Collins, John H. X. Washington v. Gerald A. KellerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
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