Legal Opinion
Gordon J. O'Brien v. John R. Moriarty
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 9, 1974No. 73-1297PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Five inmates of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution . at Walpole brought suit 1 in the district court under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 against the Commissioner of Corrections and other state officials. In substance they allege that they occupy individual cells 6 feet wide and 9 feet long in the prison’s isolated maximum security facility; that in front of the cells ’ is a passageway about 4 feet wide and about 120 feet long; that for about, two months prior to a prison disturbance on May 19, 1973, they were given the right to have their cells open from…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Sostre v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Novak v. BetoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Nicholas A. Palmigiano v. Joseph BaxterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by61 opinions
- Young v. QuinlanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- James E. Sweet v. South Carolina Department of Corrections, Director William D. LeekeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- William L. O'Brien v. Robert J. DigraziaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- John Furtado v. Harold Bishop, John Furtado v. Harold BishopCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
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