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Palmigiano v. DiPrete

District Court, D. Rhode Island

Decided October 21, 1988No. Civ. A. 74-172 P, 75-032 PPublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

Once again this Court is called upon to rule in order to ensure that its eleven year effort to bring the conditions of confinement at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) into compliance with constitutional requirements is not derailed by institutional indifference and bureaucratic handwringing. The specific issue now raised by plaintiffs is whether defendants should be held in civil contempt of various orders entered by this Court establishing the precise circumstances under which pre-trial detainees are to be held in the…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Shillitani v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  5. United States v. ITT Continental Baking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Durfee v. Ocean State Steel, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1994
  2. Mansolillo v. Employee Retirement Board of ProvidenceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1995
  3. Zannini v. Downing Corp.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1997
  4. Palmigiano v. DiPreteDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1989
  5. Richards v. Public Service Co. of New HampshireDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1994

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