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Childs v. Duckworth

District Court, N.D. Indiana

Decided March 24, 1981No. S 80-115PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ALLEN SHARP, District Judge.

I

In a scene following a visit by Henry VIII to the home of Sir Thomas More, playwriter Robert Bolt puts the following words into the mouths of his characters:

Margaret: Father, that man’s bad.

MORE: There is no law against that.

ROPER: There is! God’s law!

MORE: Then God can arrest him.

ROPER: Sophistication upon sophistication!

MORE: No, sheer simplicity. The law, Roper, the law. I know what’s legal not what’s right. And I’ll stick to what’s legal.

ROPER: Then you set man’s law above God’s!

MORE: No, far below; but let me draw your attention to a fact —…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Donald Lee Childs v. Jack Duckworth, Sally Wenzel, and Robert BronnenbergCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  2. Donald Ray Frank v. Charles TerrellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
  3. Hendrix v. EvansDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1989
  4. Richardson v. PenfoldDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1986
  5. Udey v. KastnerDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1986

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