Legal Opinion
Joseph Sorrentino v. Salvador Godinez
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 23, 2015No. 13-3421PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
Joseph Sorrentino and Labron C. Neal are inmates at Illinois’s Stateville Correctional Center. They purchased several items from Stateville’s commissary, but the prison later forbade inmates to possess those items in their cells. Sorrentino and Neal were among those whose property was removed, as the new rule required. They responded by filing a proposed class action in the district court, alleging that the confiscation of their property was an unconstitutional taking and a breach of contract. We conclude that the district court was correct to dismiss the action, though the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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- Brooks v. RossCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
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