Phillips v. Purdy’s Empirical Analysis
617 F.2d 139 · 1980
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
January 1995
most recently cited
7 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Estelle v. Gamble · Haines v. Kerner · Rasberry v. Spradling · Williams v. United States · Zeidler v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“We are unable to determine from the state of the record, since the case was dismissed without an evidentiary hearing, if the allegations in the complaint are true. Dismissal was improper under the circumstances. If the plaintiff is able to show a satisfactory reason why he did not learn until 1976 that his tuberculosis condition was brought about by his confinement in the Dade County Jail, the period of limitations may not have begun to run until that time.:.. We are likewise unable to decide without the benefit of the record of an evidentiary hearing that suit was properly dismissed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (d) pertaining to frivolous or malicious actions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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