· 6/20/2002
Christopher v. Harbury
Citations
- 536 U.S. 403
- 122 S. Ct. 2179
- 153 L. Ed. 2d 413
- 2002 U.S. LEXIS 4647
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- to state an 18 access to courts violation, plaintiff must describe the non-frivolous nature of the “underlying 19 cause of action, whether anticipated or lost”
- “[T]he complaint should state 12 the underlying claim in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a), just as if it were 13 being independently pursued, and a like plain statement should describe any remedy available 14 under the access claim and presently unique to it.”
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Judges: Souter, Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Thomas
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