Legal Opinion
Richard Franklin Miller v. Dale Carson, Individually and in His Capacity as Sheriff of Duval County, Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 23, 1977No. 75-2739PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
The threshold question here is whether the district court had jurisdiction over the subject matter of the case. In addition, on appeal the appellants challenge the propriety of certain remedies the district court fashioned to rectify uncivilized conditions in a jail for detainees. Appellants also attack the district court’s award of attorney’s fees to counsel for the plaintiffs-appellees.
On June 11, 1974, detainees held in the Duval County Jail in Jacksonville, Florida, filed a handwritten pro se complaint against Dale Carson, the Sheriff of Duval County, for the purpose…
2Cases cited67 opinions
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- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by138 opinions
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