Legal Opinion

Cody v. City of St. Louis

District Court, E.D. Missouri

Decided May 25, 2022No. 4:17-cv-02707Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION JAMES CODY, et al. ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:17-CV-2707 AGF ) CITY OF ST. LOUIS, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER The named plaintiffs in this putative class action claim that they endured inhumane conditions, in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, while detained either pretrial or post-conviction in the City of St. Louis’s Medium Security Institution (“MSI”). They filed suit against the City under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The only claims that remain are for monetary damages. The Court previously…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  3. Phillips Petroleum Co. v. ShuttsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Tyson Foods, Inc. v. BouaphakeoSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  5. Frank R. Owens v. Scott County Jail Richard D. Huff, MajorCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003

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