Finney v. Hutto

Decided March 19, 1976. Jesse Smith Henley wrote the opinion for the court.

410 F. Supp. 251 · Cited 77 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Holt v. Hutto · 363 F. Supp. 194
• Talley v. Stephens · 247 F. Supp. 683
• Holt v. Sarver · 309 F. Supp. 362
• Holt v. Sarver · 300 F. Supp. 825
• Newman v. State of Alabama · 349 F. Supp. 278
• Arkansas Community Org. for Reform Now v. Brinegar · 398 F. Supp. 685
• Sanford v. Hutto · 394 F. Supp. 1278
• Bumgarner v. Lockhart · 361 F. Supp. 829
• Rutherford v. Hutto · 377 F. Supp. 268

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Hutto v. Finney · 437 U.S. 678
• Burks v. Walsh · 461 F. Supp. 454
• Finney v. Mabry · 455 F. Supp. 756
• Hendrix v. Faulkner · 525 F. Supp. 435
• Finney v. Mabry · 534 F. Supp. 1026
• Finney v. Mabry · 458 F. Supp. 720
• Adams v. Kincheloe · 743 F. Supp. 1385
• United States v. State of Mich. · 680 F. Supp. 270
• Ramos v. Lamm · 485 F. Supp. 122
• Chapman v. Rhodes · 434 F. Supp. 1007
• LeMaire v. Maass · 745 F. Supp. 623
• United States Ex Rel. Hoss v. Cuyler · 452 F. Supp. 256
• Green v. Nelson · 442 F. Supp. 1047
• Battle v. Anderson · 457 F. Supp. 719
• Lovell v. Brennan · 566 F. Supp. 672
• Robert E. v. Lane · 530 F. Supp. 930
• M. C. I. Concord Advisory Board v. Hall · 447 F. Supp. 398
• McCray v. Bennett · 467 F. Supp. 187
• Williams v. Bitner · 359 F. Supp. 2d 370
• Brown v. Wayne County Sheriff · 330 N.W.2d 335

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