BAILLEAUX v. HOLMES

Civ. Nos. 9831-9834, 9847, 9861, 9862.

177 F.Supp. 361 (1959)

Paul R. BAILLEAUX v. Robert D. HOLMES, Governor of the State of Oregon, Mark O. Hatfield, Secretary of State of Oregon, and Sig Unander, State Treasurer of Oregon, constituting the Oregon State Board of Control, Clarence T. Gladden, Warden of the Oregon State Penitentiary, and Lewis R. Barnes, Deputy Warden of the Oregon State Penitentiary. Harry HANDRON v. Robert D. HOLMES, Governor of the State of Oregon, et al. Richard E. WILLIAMS v. Robert D. HOLMES, Governor of the State of Oregon, et al. James Quinten ANDERSON v. Robert D. HOLMES, Governor of the State of Oregon, et al. Earl SHERWOOD v. Robert D. HOLMES, Governor of the State of Oregon, et al. George R. BARBER v. Robert D. HOLMES, Governor of the State of Oregon, et al. Andrew TAYLOR v. Robert D. HOLMES, Governor of the State of Oregon, et al.

United States District Court D. Oregon.

October 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louise Jayne, William E. Love, Portland, Or., Richard W. Sabin, Cecil H. Johnson, Salem, Or., for plaintiffs.

Robert Y. Thornton, Atty. Gen. of Oregon, Peter S. Herman, Lloyd G. Hammel, Asst. Attys. Gen., for defendants.

John H. Buttler, Portland, Or., amicus curiae on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon


SOLOMON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs are prisoners in the Oregon State Penitentiary at Salem, Oregon. Defendants are the Governor, Secretary of State, and the State Treasurer, comprising the State Board of Control, and the Warden and Deputy Warden of the penitentiary.

Each of the plaintiffs asserts either that he is illegally confined or that he must defend criminal charges pending against him in state or federal courts, that he is required to do all or part of...

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