ALLEN ET AL.

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (35 total)

• Dewitt Owens v. Haas, 601 F.2d 1242 (2d Cir. 1979)
  …ment owes a duty of reasonable care to safeguard the security of prisoners under its control.4 See United States v. Muniz, 374 U.S. 150, 164-65, 83 S.Ct. 1850, 10 L.Ed.2d 805 (1963); Jones v. United States, 534 F. 2d 53, 54 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 978, 97 S.Ct. 487, 50 L.Ed.2d 586 (1976); Cohen v. United States, 252 F.Supp. 679, 687 (N.D.Ga.1966), rev’d in part on other grounds, 389 F. 2d 689 (5th Cir. 1967). This duty stems from both the statutory scheme, specifically 18 U.S.C. § 4042,5 and from…
• Rosado v. Santiago, 562 F.2d 114 (1st Cir. 1977)
  …merican common law “bad faith” standard. See, e. g., F. F. Instrument Corp. v. Union de Tronquistas de Puerto Rico, 558 F. 2d 607, 610 n. 3 (1st Cir. 1977); Cordeco Development Corp. v. Santiago Vasquez, 539 F. 2d 256, 262 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 978, 97 S.Ct. 488, 50 L.Ed.2d 586 (1976). However, since the entry of judgment in this case Congress has provided that a district court, in its discretion, may award attorney’s fees to a prevailing party in certain civil rights actions. Act of Oct. 19,…
• Creative Environments, Inc. v. Estabrook, 680 F.2d 822 (1st Cir. 1982)
  …nding.” Id., at 194.9 The Mitchell case, meanwhile, involved racial animus, an equal protection fact pattern not presented in CEI’s case. Plaintiffs also cite to Cordeco Development Corp. v. Santiago Vasquez, 539 F. 2d 256 (1st Cir.), cert, denied, 429 U.S. 978, 97 S.Ct. 488, 50 L.Ed.2d 586 (1976). In Corde-co, another equal protection case, this court affirmed a section 1983 judgment against Puerto Rican officials who, the jury found, had improperly denied the plaintiff a permit to extract sand while gr…