ROCCA

v.

GROOMES, WARDEN, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Addington v. Texas, 441 U.S. 418 (U.S. 1979)
  …n the appeal. On appeal, the Texas Supreme Court reversed the Court of Civil Appeals’ decision. 557 S. W. 2d 511. In so holding the Supreme Court relied primarily upon its previous decision in State v. Turner, 556 S. W. 2d 563 (1977), cert. denied, 435 U. S. 929 (1978). In Turner, the Texas Supreme Court held that a “preponderance of the evidence” standard of proof in a civil commitment proceeding satisfied due process. The court declined to adopt the criminal law standard of “beyond a reasonable doubt” pr…
• LEE v. City OF Peoria, 685 F.2d 196 (7th Cir. 1982)
  …the initial action. Id. § 22(2)(b); Martino v. McDonald’s System, Inc., 598 F. 2d 1079, 1085 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 966, 100 S.Ct. 455, 62 L.Ed.2d 379 (1979); see also Billingsley v. Seibels, 556 F. 2d 276 (5th Cir. 1977), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 929, 98 S.Ct. 1499, 55 L.Ed.2d 524 (1978) (affirming a district court decision which applied res judicata to bar a section 1983 suit based on a defense that was available in a state court suit to quiet title). Lee was discharged from his position pursu…
• United States v. Klein, 860 F.2d 1489 (9th Cir. 1988)
  …v. Reed, 419 U.S. 256, 267, 95 S.Ct. 379, 385, 42 L.Ed.2d 430 (1974). Even denial of parole on a life sentence need not violate the eighth amendment. Valenzuela, 646 F. 2d at 354; Moore v. Cowan, 560 F. 2d 1298, 1302-03 (6th Cir.1977), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 929, 98 S.Ct. 1500, 55 L.Ed.2d 525 (1978); United States v. Bergdoll, 412 F.Supp. 1308, 1319 (D.Del.1976). (2) The second Solem factor involves sentences imposed on other criminals in the same jurisdiction. 463 U.S. at 292, 103 S.Ct. at 3010. Appella…