Legal Opinion
Finney v. Arkansas Board of Correction
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 10, 1974No. Nos. 73-1745, 74-1202, 74-1205, 74-1330, 74-1369, 74-1406, 74-1642 and 74-8102PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
In August 1973, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas rendered its decision in this class action brought by Arkansas prisoners against the members of the Arkansas State Board of Correction, Terrell Don. Hutto, the Arkansas Commissioner of Correction, and other prison officials. The petitioners are inmates at the Cummins Prison Farm and the Tucker Intermediate Reformatory. The petitions challenge the Arkansas prison system as a constitutional system of correction. Seven of the petitioners have appealed.** They assert error in the district…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Cruz v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by114 opinions
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Joseph Toussaint, Plaintiffs/appellees/cross-Appellants v. Daniel McCarthy Defendants/appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Squirtco, Cross-Appellee v. The Seven-Up Company, a Missouri Corporation and Seven-Up U.S.A., Inc., a Missouri Corporation, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Laaman v. HelgemoeDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1977
- Leslie D. Willis v. Dr. P. J. CicconeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
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