Legal Opinion
Spates v. Manson
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 3, 1981No. 669, Docket 80-2241PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Chief Judge:
This appeal is the latest chapter in a case that began in October 1976 with the filing of a pro se complaint by three prisoners incarcerated at the Connecticut Correctional Institution at Somers, Connecticut. The prisoners alleged that defendants, officials of the state correctional system, had violated their right of access to the courts, guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, by failing to provide adequate legal assistance and an adequate law library at the Somers facility. The grounds of the complaint and its early procedural history in the United States District…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. Wilton ChatmanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Glen Alan WestCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Hohman v. HoganDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1978
3Cited by19 opinions
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- United States v. John Paul WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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