Legal Opinion
Gahagan v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 13, 1978No. Civ. A. 77-1576PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TROUTMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a former inmate at the Northampton County Prison, (the Prison) filed suit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985(3) and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343(3), 2201, 2202, 2281, and 2284, against the Northampton County Prison Board (the Prison Board), and its members and certain employees, and the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole (the Parole Board) and its members and certain employees. Plaintiff initially relied upon 42 U.S.C. § 1981, but has since admitted that § 1981 applies only to actions for racial discrimination. He contends instead that this…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 CahokiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by17 opinions
- John Houston Sellars v. Raymond K. ProcunierCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Apodaca v. OmmenWyoming Supreme Court · 1991
- Counts v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- State v. MasonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1986
- United States Ex Rel. Silverman v. PennsylvaniaDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
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