Legal Opinion
Robert Courtney v. O. E. Bishop, Superintendent of Arkansas State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1969No. 19312PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Matthes, Circuit Judge.
Robert Courtney has appealed from the order of the United States district court dismissing his petition for relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
On May 28, 1967, appellant acting pro se filed a petition in the United States district court seeking relief from alleged cruel and unusual treatment inflicted upon him during solitary confinement in Cummins Farm, a penal institution in the state of Arkansas. Philip K. Lyon and Robert L. Robinson, Jr., lawyers of Little Rock, Arkansas, were appointed to represent petitioner. At the time of the filing of the original petition appellant…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Jackson v. BishopCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Kenneth Graham v. J. T. Willingham, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
- Stroud v. Swope, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- Donnell Douglas v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden, Nebraska Penal ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by66 opinions
- Sostre v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Lawrence J. Holt v. Robert Sarver, Commissioner of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Holt v. SarverDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1970
- Landman v. RoysterDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1971
- Willie Burton, Jr. v. A. LivingstonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
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