Legal Opinion
Lawton Chiles, Jr., Bob Martinez, Metropolitan Dade County, Intervenors-Appellants v. Richard Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 16, 1989No. 86-5926PublishedCited by 212 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
In November of 1985, Lawton Chiles, a United States Senator from Florida, filed an action against the Attorney General of the United States and several other Department of Justice (DOJ) officials, and the Secretary of the Department of Defense (DOD), alleging that the federal government was operating Krome Detention Center (Krome), a federal facility located in Dade County, Florida, illegally. After Senator Chiles’ complaint was filed, Dade County and Bob Martinez, the Governor of Florida, were granted leave to intervene and filed complaints. 1 Several Krome detainees,…
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