Legal Opinion
Tunnell v. Robinson
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 20, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-361PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM
ROSENBERG, District Judge.
The plaintiff in this case, Jack Burton Tunnell, incarcerated in the State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, filed a complaint under authority granted by the civil rights statute. 1 He charged the defendant, William B. Robinson and others associated with this Commonwealth’s prison system, with violation of his civil rights in this institution. 2
The plaintiff charged that while being a prisoner in the institution, the defendants were hampering' his ability to transact financial matters with private banking facilities; that he…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Jack Gittlemacker v. Arthur T. Prasse, Commissioner of Prisons of Pa. And Frank C. Johnston, Warden, State Correctional Institution, Dallas, PaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Norman C. Gray, Jr. v. J. Shane Creamer, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- N. H. Newman v. State of Alabama, Jerry Lee Pugh, for Himself and Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs v. Judson C. Locke, Jr. And State of Alabama, Worley James v. George C. WallaceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Spencer Harris v. Ronald Fleming, Larry Frailey and Walter BreischkeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Dawson v. KendrickDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1981
- Hickson v. KellisonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
- United States Ex Rel. Silverman v. PennsylvaniaDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- Hodgin v. Agents of Montgomery CountyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1985
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