Hill v. Gentry’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Price v. Johnston · Angel v. Bullington · Ohio River Contract Co. v. Gordon · Bernard H. Tabor v. William H. Hardwick, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia
Most-quoted passages
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“under the law of the State of Missouri it appears to be against the public policy of that State for a convict serving a sentence for less than his life to sue in the courts of that state on a claim accruing to him while he is a convict; but he can bring an action on such a claim after he is released from confinement under a criminal sentence, and he has the full period of limitation as provided by other statutes of Missouri so to do, after his disability has been removed”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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