Legal Opinion
Burton v. Armontrout
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 21, 1992No. Nos. 91-2831, 91-3069PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
William Armontrout appeals the district court’s 1 order granting injunctive relief to inmates at the Jefferson County Correctional Center (“JCCC”). The inmates cross-appeal alleging the district court erred in directing verdicts in favor of nine defendants. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The appellees are inmates and former inmates of the JCCC. In June 1987, the inmates were involved in a large-scale cleanup of sewage at the JCCC hospital. On September 18, 1987, Thomas Umphrey filed suit alleging JCCC correctional officers violated his constitutional rights by…
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