SANDS v. WAINWRIGHT

Nos. 73-1192, 72-2471, 72-3351 and 73-1497.

491 F.2d 417 (1973)

John SANDS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellant. James E. BAKER et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee. Guadalupe GUAJARDO, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellant. Guadalupe GUAJARDO, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. C. L. McADAMS, Warden, Wynne Unit, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Certiorari Denied May 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Daniel S. Dearing, Chief Trial Counsel, Dept. of Legal Affairs, Civil Div., Tallahassee, Fla., for Louie L. Wainwright.

James M. Russ, Michael F. Cycmanick, Orlando, Fla., Jack Greenberg, Stanley A. Bass, New York City, for John Sands.

James De Anda, Philip Kent Maxwell, Corpus Christi, Tex., Frances T. Cruz, Houston, Tex., Mario Obledo, Alice Daniel, William Bennett Turner, San Francisco, Cal., for James E. Baker, Coy Ray Campbell, Sam Bernard, Jr., and Fred Arispe Cruz.

Crawford Martin, Atty. Gen., W. Barton Boling, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for W. J. Estelle in No. 72-2471.

John W. Clarke, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for American Bar Ass'n, amicus curiae.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Gilbert J. Pena, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for W. J. Estelle in No. 72-3351.

Richard J. Trabulsi, Jr. (Court-appointed), Harry Reasoner, Houston, Tex. (Court-appointed co-counsel), for Guadalupe Guajardo, Jr., in Nos. 72-3351 and 73-1497.

Jack Greenberg, Stanley A. Bass, New York City, amicus curiae.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Gilbert J. Pena, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., E. Ray Taylor, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for C. L. McAdams.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORNBERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, DYER, SIMPSON, MORGAN, CLARK, INGRAHAM, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied May 13, 1974. See 94 S.Ct. 2403.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

I.

These appeals, all involving the rights of inmates in state prisons, are consolidated for opinion purposes. They were argued consecutively before the Court sitting en banc. In Sands v. Wainwright, No. 73-1192, and in Baker v. Estelle, No. 72-2471, we were called upon to determine whether the procedural safeguards afforded by the...

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