Legal Opinion
Sweatt v. Tennessee Department of Correction
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided May 2, 2002PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEN H. CANTRELL, P.J., M.S.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR. and WILLIAM B. CAIN, JJ., joined.
An inmate sued the Department of Correction and three of its officials in forma pauperis, claiming that the defendants conspired to violate his constitutional rights by housing him in conditions where he was exposed to second-hand smoke. The trial court dismissed his complaint as barred by the doctrine of res judicata, declared it be frivolous, and enjoined him from filing any more claims because he failed to pay the court costs as required under the provisions…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Helling v. McKinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Richardson v. Tennessee Board of DentistryTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
- Beaty v. McGrawCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
- Lien v. CouchCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Creech v. AddingtonTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
- Jeanette Rea Jackson v. Bradley SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
- Hawkins v. Tennessee Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2002
- Fletcher Whaley Long v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2014
- Freda Boyce and Marvell Boyce v. LPP Mortgage LTDCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2013
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