Legal Opinion
Harris v. Thigpen
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided January 8, 1990No. Civ. A. 87V-1109-NPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VARNER, District Judge.
This cause is now before the Court for final determination after trial and filing of post-trial briefs and amendments to said briefs by all parties.
This case involves the constitutionality of CODE OF ALABAMA [1975], § 22-11A-17, which requires testing of inmates for AIDS upon admission and within 30 days of release, construction of § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794, as well as the constitutional rights of inmates (both sick and well) as to the propriety of testing and segregating those testing positive. A class of inmates has been certified…
2Cases cited60 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Harris v. ThigpenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Ricky Crawford v. Indiana Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- State v. FarmerWashington Supreme Court · 1991
- In Re Juveniles A, B, C, D, EWashington Supreme Court · 1993
- Granville Amos v. Maryland Dept. Of Public Safety And Correctional ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
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