Legal Opinion
Sanders v. City of Houston
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided June 18, 1982No. Civ. A. H-79-553, H-79-1400 and H-79-2012PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
CARL O. BUE, Jr., District Judge.
I. Introduction
The three named plaintiffs, Jackie Sanders, Bernie Stevenson, and Lanita Moore, initiated this action on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated. The three separate actions were thereafter consolidated by order of the Court. On December 8, 1980, the Court certified a class to be represented by the named plaintiffs as “all persons who are or will be held at Municipal Detention Centers without access to bond for periods of time beyond that necessary to effect the appropriate…
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