Legal Opinion
Haygood v. Younger
District Court, E.D. California
Decided November 30, 1981No. Civil S-75-738 LKKPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
KARLTON, District Judge.
In Haygood v. Younger, 14 Cal.3d 802, 122 Cal.Rptr. 760, 537 P.2d 880 (1975), the California Supreme Court determined that Frank Haygood had spent almost five years longer in prison than was permitted under the applicable law. After he was released he brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking damages against those he believed responsible for his wrongful incarceration. He predicated his claim upon asserted violations of both the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment and the cruel and unusual punishment provisions of the eighth…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Frank Haygood v. Evelle J. Younger, and Harold Cranke and Benjamin SeymourCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- James Thibodeaux v. James Bordelon, Linda BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Juncker v. TinneyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1982
- Roy E. Daniels v. Andrew Williams, DeputyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
- Sierra Club v. WattDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1985
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