Legal Opinion
Ramos v. Lamm
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 25, 1980No. 79-2324PublishedCited by 818 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.
The defendants-appellants, hereafter the State or the State of Colorado, appeal from an order of the United States District Court directing inter alia that the State of Colorado close the maximum security unit of the Colorado State Penitentiary at Canon City, Colorado, hereinafter referred to as “Old Max.” The order was premised mainly on findings of numerous violations of the constitutional rights of the plaintiff class (inmates of the penitentiary) under the Eighth Amendment protecting against cruel and unusual punishment, with some additional constitutional…
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