Legal Opinion
Fred Arispe Cruz v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1974No. 72-3701PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
The appellant Fred A. Cruz, then a Texas prison inmate, sued Dr. Beto, the Director of the Texas Department of Corrections in federal district 1 court in May 1970, seeking injunctive, declaratory, and pecuniary relief. Jurisdiction was alleged under Title 28, U.S.C. Sec. 1343, and Title 42, U.S.C. Sec. 1983. 2 The district court dismissed the petition without hearing. Cruz v. Beto, S.D.Tex.1970, 329 F.Supp. 443. We affirmed per curiam, Cruz v. Beto, 5 Cir. 1971, 445 F.2d 801. The Supreme Court of the United States granted Cruz’s petition for writ of certiorari, vacated…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Cruz v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Brisco HUFF, on Behalf of Himself and Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. N. D. CASS COMPANY OF ALABAMA, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States of America Ex Rel. Burwell L. Jones v. Alfred T. Rundle, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- George Tolbert, Jr. v. Warden BraganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Jones v. DiamondCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Eugene Stewart v. William Winter, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Weldon M. Kennedy, Richard B. Reeder and Robert R. Collingwood v. Lenard F. Meacham, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- Johnson v. American Credit Co. of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Vicel Herron v. James G. Beck, J.J. Culpepper, Sgt. Wheeler and Robert HolmesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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