Legal Opinion
Carver v. Knox County, Tenn.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided January 25, 1989No. Civ. 3-86-299PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JARVIS, District Judge.
I. PRELIMINARY AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This is a class action, certified as such under Rule 23(b)(2), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, on behalf of the following class of persons who seek declaratory and injunc-tive relief and, in some cases, monetary damages, concerning the conditions of confinement at the Knox County Jail:
All persons who have been or are confined in the Knox County Jail, Knoxville, Tennessee, a sub-class consisting of present and future pre-trial detainees in said jail, and a sub-class…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Jensen v. GunterDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1992
- A.J. ex rel. L.B. v. KierstCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
- Smith v. Harvey County JailDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1995
- Carver v. KNOX COUNTY, TENN.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1990
- A.J., by His Mother and Next Friend, L.B., on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. David Kierst, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Juvenile Officer Jim Morrison, in His Official Capacity as Director of Residential Services Sherman Williams, in His Official Capacity as Director of Detention Judge Edith L. Messina, in Her Official Capacity as Chief Administrative Officer of Juvenile Detention and as Judge of the Juvenile Division of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
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