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UNITED STATES EX REL. MILLER v. TWOMEY

Nos. 71-1854, 71-1869, 71-1870, 72-1395, 72-1712, 72-1713 and 71-1370.

479 F.2d 701 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Luther MILLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John J. TWOMEY, Warden, and Peter B. Bensinger, Director, etc., Defendants-Appellees. Andrew GREEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Peter BENSINGER et al., Defendants-Appellees. Jack R. THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Peter B. BENSINGER, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Herman KRAUSE and Willie Moore, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Wilbur J. SCHMIDT, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants. Alfred ARMSTRONG et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants and Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants, v. Peter B. BENSINGER et al., Defendants-Appellees. Simon S. GUTIERREZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1973.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Rosenbaum, Marilyn R. Brown, Minneapolis, Minn., Andrew Martin Green, Carbondale, Ill., John F. Ebbott, c/o Freedom Through Equality, Milwaukee, Wis., Michael Deutsch, Jeffrey H. Haas, Mark Kadish, Chicago, Ill., David Goldberger, c/o American Civil Liberties Union, Chicago, Ill., John A. Rupp, Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation, Brookfield, Ill., John F. McGuire, Berwyn, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Ronald Hanna, Charles H. Levad, Jayne A. Carr, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., Robert W. Warren, Atty. Gen., Mary V. Bowman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Madison, Wis., for defendants-appellees.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, and PELL and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing Denied in No. 71-1854 July 20, 1973.

STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

These cases, all presenting questions relating to the internal administration of state prisons, require us to consider the implications of Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471, 92 S.Ct. 2593, 33 L.Ed.2d 484, which was decided while these appeals were pending. In all cases, prisoners allege violations of federal rights protected by 42 U.S.C. § 1983; conversely...

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