Owens-El v. Robinson

Decided January 4, 1978. Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

442 F. Supp. 1368 · Cited 61 times

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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.

• Inmates of Milwaukee County Jail v. Petersen · 353 F. Supp. 1157
• Mitchell v. Untreiner · 421 F. Supp. 886
• Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail v. Eisenstadt · 360 F. Supp. 676
• Brenneman v. Madigan · 343 F. Supp. 128
• Hamilton v. Landrieu · 351 F. Supp. 549
• O'BRYAN v. County of Saginaw, Mich. · 437 F. Supp. 582
• Martinez Rodriguez v. Jimenez · 409 F. Supp. 582
• Dillard v. Pitchess · 399 F. Supp. 1225
• Holt v. Sarver · 309 F. Supp. 362
• Rhem v. Malcolm · 371 F. Supp. 594
• Palmigiano v. Travisono · 317 F. Supp. 776
• Campbell v. McGruder · 416 F. Supp. 100
• United States Ex Rel. Wolfish v. United States · 428 F. Supp. 333
• Stover v. Carlson · 413 F. Supp. 718
• Inmates, D. C. Jail v. Jackson · 416 F. Supp. 119
• United States Ex Rel. Bracey v. Rundle · 368 F. Supp. 1186

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• Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. Wecht · 565 F. Supp. 1278
• Hutchings v. Corum · 501 F. Supp. 1276
• Owens-El v. Robinson · 457 F. Supp. 984
• White Eagle v. Storie · 456 F. Supp. 302
• Dawson v. Kendrick · 527 F. Supp. 1252
• Stewart v. Rhodes · 473 F. Supp. 1185
• Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. Peirce · 487 F. Supp. 638
• Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. Wecht · 699 F. Supp. 1137
• Wooden v. Norris · 637 F. Supp. 543
• Owens-El v. Robinson · 498 F. Supp. 877
• Imprisoned Citizens Union v. Shapp · 451 F. Supp. 893
• Ferola v. Moran · 622 F. Supp. 814
• Case v. Andrews · 603 P.2d 623
• Carter v. Kamka · 515 F. Supp. 825
• Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. Wecht · 848 F. Supp. 52
• County of Allegheny v. Commonwealth · 490 A.2d 402
• Commonwealth v. Cottam · 616 A.2d 988
• Coleman v. State · 633 P.2d 624
• Valentine v. Englehardt · 474 F. Supp. 294
• State Ex Rel. Harper v. Zegeer · 296 S.E.2d 873
• Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. Wecht · 573 F. Supp. 454
• In Re Grimes · 208 Cal. App. 3d 1175
• Lareau v. Manson · 507 F. Supp. 1177
• Hubbs v. County of San Bernardino, CA · 538 F. Supp. 2d 1254
• Ryan v. Burlington County, NJ · 708 F. Supp. 623

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