Long v. Powell

EDENFIELD, District Judge:

Lawsuits often arise as the result of incomplete planning, good intentions notwithstanding. When there arises a contingency for which inadequate provision was made (be it in a contract or statutory scheme), persons consequently harmed often turn to the courts for relief. The present action arose for precisely this reason, and the plaintiffs have brought this class action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to redress alleged deprivations under color of state law of their Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. More specifically, plaintiffs seek a…