Legal Opinion
Roger O. La Batt and Robert Cook v. John J. Twomey, Rudolph L. Lucien v. Peter B. Bensinger and John J. Twomey, Holice P. Black v. John J. Twomey
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 8, 1975No. 73-1217, 73-1390 and 73-1391PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs, all inmates incarcerated in the Illinois State Penitentiary, Joliet-Stateville Branch, appeal from judgments entered in favor of defendant prison officials. The three actions were brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking injunctive and monetary relief for alleged violations of plaintiffs’ civil rights. The suits all concern a “restricted status” institutional dead-lock imposed at the Stateville Prison on July 2, 1972. Following an altercation of disputed character and magnitude, defendant Warden Twomey placed the entire prison population on restricted status,…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by116 opinions
- Thomas Crowder v. Russell E. LashCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Lawrence D. Caldwell v. Harold G. Miller, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Keith C. Moore v. State of Indiana, Indiana Department of Corrections and Thomas D. RichardsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Ayatollah Syed M. J. Iqbal Jafree v. John R. Barber, Acting Special Agent, Federal Bureau of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Albert Garza v. Harold G. Miller, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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