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· 6/23/1976

Melvin Wilson v. Robert Zarhadnick, Superintendent, Colony Farm Prison Branch

Citations

  • 534 F.2d 55
  • 22 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 48
  • 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 8375

How courts have described this case

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  • \In neither the convict's letter nor in the complaint as filed is there any allegation that class action relief is desired....\
  • “In neither the convict’s letter nor in the complaint as filed is there any allegation that class action relief is desired_”
  • “[A court] cannot convert an individual action into a class action on its own motion.”
  • “Article III courts have jurisdiction over actual controversies; they are not permitted the luxury of issuing advisory opinions.”

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Judges: Coleman, Goldberg, Gee

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