Legal Opinion
Martin v. Swenson
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided July 8, 1971No. Civ. A. 1715PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM H. BECKER, Chief Judge.
Petitioners, state convicts confined in the Missouri State Penitentiary, have submitted a complaint for declaratory judgment and incidental damages under Section 2201, Title 28, United States Code, invoking federal jurisdiction under the Federal Civil Rights Act, Section 1983, Title 42, United States Code, and Section 1343, Title 28, United States Code.
Petitioners state that they have been, on June 6, 1971, subjected to cruel and unusual punishment by respondents, to beatings on that date and denial of their rights to free exercise of the Black Muslim religion;…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Katzenbach v. McClungSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Betty J. James and Raymond Miller v. Walter Headley, Chief of Police of the City of MiamiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Alan Daniel Wilwording v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Donald L. Beishir v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Kenneth Mills v. Harold R. SwensonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Bellerive Country Club v. McVeySupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Black v. GardnerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1982
- White v. RuditysCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1983
- Boswell v. BrinckmannMissouri Court of Appeals · 1979
- James D. Forster and Joann Forster v. Patrick W. Boss and Janet L. BossCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Budget Rent-A-Car of Missouri, Inc. v. B & G Rent-A-Car, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1981
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