Legal Opinion
Nazareth Gates v. John Collier, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1980No. 79-1844PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:
This Court is not unanimous in its resolution of the two issues presented. All of us agree on the resolution of the issue presented in Part I. However, in Part II, Judges Brown and Randall concur with Judge Hill dissenting.1
This litigation over conditions at Mississippi’s Parchman Penitentiary began in 1971. In 1974 we affirmed the district court’s finding that various practices existing at Parchman violated the constitutional rights of inmates. 501 F.2d 1291 (5th Cir. 1974). The succeeding 5 years of litigation primarily involved the issue of attorneys’ fees. In…
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