Franklin v. Shields

Supreme Court of the United States

April 24, 1978

Supreme Court of the United States · decided April 24, 1978

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Decided April 24, 1978

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Cited by 203 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2011 · most notably Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex (1979), Sellars v. Procunier (1981)

67 federal appellate · 11 district · 45 state decisions

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¶1

Motion of Public Defender of Wisconsin for leave to file a brief, as amicus curiae, granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.

¶2

Mr. Justice BRENNAN, Mr. Justice WHITE and Mr. Justice MARSHALL would grant certiorari.