Legal Opinion
Ahrens v. Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1978No. Nos. 77-1539 and 77-1541PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Fred Ahrens, a pretrial detainee in the Platte County, Missouri, jail from August 11, 1973, to September 30, 1974, brought this section 1983 action below, challenging the conditions of confinement under which he was detained. The district court,1 on August 18, 1975, certified the cause as a class action under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(b)(2) and defined the class as “all present and future pretrial detainees at the Platte County Jail.” A trial was held in April 1976 and on June 3, 1977, the court entered judgment for plaintiffs. Relief granted included cessation of…
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