United States Ex Rel. Wolfish v. Levi

Decided September 26, 1977. Marvin E. Frankel wrote the opinion for the court.

439 F. Supp. 114 · Cited 78 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.

• United States Ex Rel. Wolfish v. United States · 428 F. Supp. 333
• Rhem v. Malcolm · 371 F. Supp. 594
• Pugh v. Locke · 406 F. Supp. 318
• Miller v. Carson · 401 F. Supp. 835
• Taylor v. Sterrett · 344 F. Supp. 411
• Hamilton v. Landrieu · 351 F. Supp. 549
• Giampetruzzi v. Malcolm · 406 F. Supp. 836
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136
• J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · 377 U.S. 426
• Service v. Dulles · 354 U.S. 363
• Hamilton v. Love · 328 F. Supp. 1182
• Alberti v. Sheriff of Harris County, Texas · 406 F. Supp. 649
• Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail v. Eisenstadt · 360 F. Supp. 676
• Brenneman v. Madigan · 343 F. Supp. 128
• Hodges v. Klein · 412 F. Supp. 896
• Mitchell v. Untreiner · 421 F. Supp. 886
• Ambrose v. Malcolm · 414 F. Supp. 485
• Nadeau v. Helgemoe · 423 F. Supp. 1250
• Rhem v. Malcolm · 432 F. Supp. 769
• Holt v. Sarver · 309 F. Supp. 362
• Frazier v. Ward · 426 F. Supp. 1354
• Moskowitz v. Wilkinson · 432 F. Supp. 947
• Dillard v. Pitchess · 399 F. Supp. 1225
• Gettleman v. Werner · 377 F. Supp. 445
• Martinez Rodriguez v. Jimenez · 409 F. Supp. 582

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• Imprisoned Citizens Union v. Shapp · 451 F. Supp. 893
• Avery v. Perrin · 473 F. Supp. 90
• Beckett v. Powers · 494 F. Supp. 364
• Hurley v. Ward · 451 F. Supp. 930
• Spencer v. Moore · 638 F. Supp. 315
• Knop v. Johnson · 667 F. Supp. 467
• Forts v. Ward · 471 F. Supp. 1095
• Hutchings v. Corum · 501 F. Supp. 1276
• United States Ex Rel. Hoss v. Cuyler · 452 F. Supp. 256
• Greer v. DeRobertis · 568 F. Supp. 1370
• Griffin v. Michigan Department of Corrections · 654 F. Supp. 690
• Smith v. Chrans · 629 F. Supp. 606
• Hooks v. Wainwright · 536 F. Supp. 1330
• Flakes v. Percy · 511 F. Supp. 1325
• Watts v. Morgan · 572 F. Supp. 1385
• Ryan v. Burlington County · 674 F. Supp. 464
• Hurley v. Ward · 448 F. Supp. 1227
• Bass v. Coughlin · 800 F. Supp. 1066
• Benjamin v. Sielaff · 752 F. Supp. 140
• Frazier v. Ward · 528 F. Supp. 80
• Davis v. Sancegraw · 850 F. Supp. 809

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