Legal Opinion
Cody v. Hillard
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 6, 1987No. Nos. 85-5270, 85-5302PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court requiring officials at the South Dakota State Penitentiary (SDSP) to cease the double-celling of inmates at SDSP, both in the general population and in protective custody. On appeal, before a panel of this Court, the officials contended that the trial court erred in finding that double-celling of inmates at SDSP violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. They also claimed that the District Court erred in using the “rated capacities” of the American Corrections Association (ACA) as…
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3Cited by37 opinions
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