Legal Opinion
Gordon v. Garrson
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided April 1, 1948No. Civ. 760-D, 759-DPublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, District Judge.
Plaintiff, an inmate of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois, filed these two complaints, by leave of court in forma pauperis, one against defendant Mark Irwin, Superintendent of the Illinois State Farm, Vandalia, Illinois, and the other against Audey Garrson, formerly physician at the same institution.
At the time of the alleged injury, plaintiff was an inmate of the Illinois State Farm at Vandalia, Illinois, serving a one year sentence. He avers that, during a prison break in which plaintiff had no part, he was inadvertently mistaken for another…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- O'Sullivan v. FelixSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Picking v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
- Sellers v. JohnsonDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1946
- Simon v. KaplanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1944
3Cited by38 opinions
- Russell M. Smith v. John J. Cremins, Jr., John F. Mahon, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Herman Jackson, Jr. v. James B. Godwin, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Jordan v. FitzharrisDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1966
- James Richard Duncan v. John NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- Bernard H. Tabor v. William H. Hardwick, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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