Legal Opinion
Women Prisoners of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 30, 1996No. 95-7041, 95-7205PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*913Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.
Opinion filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS, concurring in part and dissenting in part.
BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:
In this ease, appellants raise a number of challenges to a district court judgment ordering them to improve conditions at various District of Columbia (“District” or “D.C.”) facilities in which women are imprisoned. The district court found that the existing conditions violated the following statutory and constitutional provisions: (1) D.C.Code § 24-442, which creates a tort remedy for negligence by prison officials; (2) Title IX,…
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