Legal Opinion
Johnston v. Lehman
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 23, 1996PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLEY, Judge.
Hiram R. Johnston, Jr., an inmate in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC), filed a petition for review in our original jurisdiction against Joseph Lehman, Secretary of DOC, seeking injunc-tive relief to compel Lehman and DOC to provide meaningful access to the courts as required by Bounds v. Smith, 430 U.S. 817, 97 S.Ct. 1491, 52 L.Ed.2d 72 (1977) and its progeny.1 Presently before this court is DOC’s motion for summary judgment.
On August 7, 1991, Johnston filed a petition for review in this court’s original jurisdiction. At the time his petition for…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Consumer Party of Pennsylvania v. Com.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- William Thomas Bryan v. Stewart Werner, Commissioner, Bureau of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Daryl Gillespie v. Bobby CrawfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Goff v. MenkeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by2 opinions
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