Legal Opinion
Hummer v. Dalton
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 26, 1981No. 79-6617PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
This is a Section 1983 1 action by the plaintiff/appellant, a Virginia State prisoner, to recover damages for alleged unconstitutional deprivations arising out of the conditions of his imprisonment. His action was originally cast as a class action on behalf of all persons confined in all of the Virginia prisons. Upon the dismissal of the class aspects of this suit,2 the plaintiff directed his assertions of unconstitutional deprivations to the conditions of his confinement at the Floyd Medical Correctional Center (Floyd), where he was confined at the time he filed…
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- Bankers Trust Co. v. MallisSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Oxendine v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Caperton v. Beatrice Pocahontas Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by90 opinions
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