Legal Opinion
Scott v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 3, 1998No. 97-7064, 97-7066 and 97-7067PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:
When these lawsuits began, Scott, Dawson and Smith were prisoners of the District of Columbia in the Lorton Correctional Complex in Virginia. Second-hand tobacco smoke at Lorton, they alleged in separate complaints, violated the cruel and unusual punishments clause of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. The district court agreed and issued a permanent injunction ordering the District to provide each of them with a smoke-free environment. See Crow-der v. District of Columbia, 959 F.Supp. 6 (D.D.C.1997). The District’s appeal is mainly on the ground that the court…
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