Legal Opinion
Julius Corpus v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Dept. Of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 26, 1979No. 78-2194PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
The complaint in this action was filed in April 1968. For the third time this case has surfaced in this Court. Ronald Novak filed the first case, pro se, as a § 1983 class action on behalf of all those in custody of the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC). He sought, among other things, declaratory and injunctive relief against a TDC practice of prohibiting legal assistance by one inmate to another. The district court found against the plaintiff class. Novak v. Beto, S.D.Tex.1970, 320 F.Supp. 1206. We reversed and held that the TDC could not enforce the prohibition…
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3Cited by42 opinions
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