Legal Opinion
Singleton v. Shafer
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 26, 1970No. Civ. A. 70-816PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LUONGO, District Judge.
William B. Singleton seeks leave to file and proceed in forma pauperis with this suit allegedly under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq., on behalf of himself and all other inmates confined in Pennsylvania Correctional Institutions. The named defendants are Raymond P. Shafer, Governor of Pennsylvania, William C. Sennett, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, and Alfred T. Rundle, Superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pennsylvania. The basis of the complaint is that the statute repealing the so-called “good-time” statute in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Banks v. CainSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Herbert E. Rose v. E. B. Haskins, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
- Gibson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Commonwealth v. DanielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Geraghty v. United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- State v. CurtisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Travis H. Beebe v. C. Paul PhelpsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Bricker v. Michigan Parole BoardDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1975
- Siers v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & ParoleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
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