Legal Opinion
Smith v. Holtz
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 24, 1995No. 4: CV-93-1428PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
McCLURE, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff Jay C. Smith filed this section 1983 action 1 alleging the violation of his civil rights by defendants in connection with his April, 1986 murder conviction. Plaintiff was convicted of murdering Philadelphia school teacher Susan Reinert and her two children, Michael and Karen Reinert, and was sentenced to death for those crimes. Commonwealth v. Pennsylvania v. Jay C. Smith, Crim. Nos. 1677, 1677(A) and 1677(B) (Dauphin Co.). Reinert’s body was discovered in Dauphin County on June 25,1979. The bodies of her children were never found.
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2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Albright v. OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- DiNicola v. DiPaoloDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1996
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