Legal Opinion
Gettleman v. Werner
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 21, 1974No. Civ. A. 73-567PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER OF COURT
MARSH, Chief Judge.
In this Civil Rights Act 1 case the plaintiff, Paul R. Gettleman, a former employee of the State Correctional Institute at Pittsburgh (Penitentiary), has sued the Acting Commissioner of the Bureau of Corrections, the Superintendent of the Penitentiary, a Deputy Superintendent, and three prison guards seeking compensatory and punitive damages for an allegedly illegal search and seizure to which he was subjected on June 27, 1973. Plaintiff’s theory of liability, as revealed by his pretrial narrative statement, is that the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Stroud v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- 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
- Lanza v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DuggerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- McDonell v. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- Security And Law Enforcement Employees v. CareyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- United States Ex Rel. Wolfish v. LeviDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1977
- Commonwealth v. LapiaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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