Legal Opinion
Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. Pierce
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 28, 1979No. 78-2621PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
We are faced on this appeal with a challenge to certain conditions of confinement for pretrial detainees incarcerated in the Allegheny County Jail. On June 2, 1976, *757inmates of the jail (“Inmates”) filed a class action against the Allegheny County Board of Prison Inspectors (“Board”) and other county officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking a declaratory judgment that the conditions violate the constitutional rights of the inmates.
On January 4, 1978, the district court issued the first of its two opinions. Owens-FI v. Robinson, 442 F.Supp. 1368…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Bowring v. GodwinCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Nazareth Gates, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. John Collier, Superintendent, Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Marvin Jones, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Fred R. DiamondCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- County of Allegheny v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Monmouth County Correctional Institutional Inmates v. LanzaroCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Hunter v. AugerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Jaimes v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2007
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