Legal Opinion
Shelby County Jail Inmates v. Richard W. Westlake, Individually and as Sheriff of Shelby County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 1986No. 85-2050PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs filed the initial complaint in this case on May 29, 1981, seeking damages and equitable relief in their own right and as representatives of a class of inmates in the Shelby County Jail (“SCJ”). Roger Fair, Gary Pool, Harrison E. Wells, Oren Sweet, and Jack Stockton, the named plaintiffs, represented both pretrial detainees and convicted inmates serving a sentence or awaiting transfer to a state correctional facility. The plaintiffs contend that the totality of the conditions and practices at the SCJ violated their constitutional rights. More…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by70 opinions
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- Herbert L. Board v. Karl Farnham, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- Spencer Harris v. Ronald Fleming, Larry Frailey and Walter BreischkeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Richard Budd v. Edward MotleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2013
- Glen Delaney v. George Detella, Glenn Malone, Christopher Hughes, Eugene McAdory Clarence Wright, Donald Burns, and David WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
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