Legal Opinion
Carver v. Knox County
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 6, 1989No. Nos. 89-5341, 89-5369PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an action challenging conditions of confinement in the penal facilities of Knox County, Tennessee. The original defendants, the county and its sheriff, filed a third party complaint against state officials responsible for administering the Tennessee penal system. The county defendants contended that the state’s policies and practices have caused unconstitutional conditions to exist in the county facilities and that these conditions form the basis of the inmates’ claims against the county and the sheriff. When the third party complaint was filed there was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Walker v. MintzesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Scotty Grubbs, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Proposed Intervenor/appellant v. Stephen H. NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
- Grubbs v. BradleyDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1982
- Bolding v. HolshouserCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Ronnie L. Patrick v. Jasper County and Sheriff Terry GillilandCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Wayne Dillard Carver v. Knox County, Tennessee, Joe Fowler, Sheriff, Defendants/cross-Plaintiffs v. Ned Ray McWherter Defendants/cross-Defendants/appellantsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
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- Board, Herbert L. v. Farnham, KarlCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
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