Legal Opinion
Robert Finney v. Terrell Don Hutto
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 3, 1977No. 76-1406PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is the latest chapter in the seemingly endless litigation involving the constitutionality of the Arkansas state prisons. 1 The respondent-appellants are officials of the Arkansas Department of Correction. The petitioner-appellees are prisoners confined in Arkansas state prisons. In Finney v. Hutto, 410 F.Supp. 251 (E.D.Ark.1976), the district court, 2 pursuant to remand of this court, Finney v. Arkansas Board of Corrections, 505 F.2d 194 (8th Cir. 1974), held that the Arkansas prison system is still unconstitutional in certain respects. The court held, inter…
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3Cited by117 opinions
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