Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Sterrett
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided June 5, 1972No. Civ. A. 3-5220-B, 3-4138-CPublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT
HUGHES, District Judge.
This civil rights suit considers conditions of life experienced by prisoners at the Dallas County jail. The plaintiffs, Joseph Taylor, James Douglas Thompson and John Henry Woods, Jr., are inmates at the Dallas County jail. They have brought this action for themselves and as representatives of a class comprising all the inmates of the jail.
The defendants are Dallas County officials charged with responsibility for the maintenance and supervision of the jail: W. L. Sterrett, County Judge; Mel Price, John Whittington, Jim Tyson, and Roy Orr,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Weems v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Louisiana Ex Rel. Francis v. ResweberSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Jackson v. BishopCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by42 opinions
- David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Johnny L. Spain v. Raymond K. ProcunierCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Laaman v. HelgemoeDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1977
- Ruiz v. EstelleDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1980
- Richard Franklin Miller v. Dale Carson, Individually and in His Capacity as Sheriff of Duval County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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