Legal Opinion
Owens-El v. Robinson
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 11, 1978No. Civ. A. 75-412, 76-743PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION, SUPPLEMENTAL FINDINGS OF FACT, AND FINAL ORDER
COHILL, District Judge.
I
History of the Case
Plaintiff Kenneth Owens-El is a former inmate of the Allegheny County Jail (“jail”), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1975 he filed a pro se suit challenging the constitutionality of the conditions under which inmates of the jail were confined, seeking money damages and equitable relief.
In a separate action in 1976 Neighborhood Legal Services (“NLS”) filed a class action suit on behalf of all jail inmates, past, present and future, petitioning for a declaratory judgment holding that the conditions of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Owens-El v. RobinsonDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
3Cited by31 opinions
- Kost v. KozakiewiczCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Ramos v. LammCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Kost v. KozakiewiczCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Richard A. French v. Norman G. Owens, Richard A. French v. Norman G. Owens, United States of America, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- County of Allegheny v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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