Legal Opinion
Miles v. Bell
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 28, 1985No. Civ. A. B-79-137 (TFGD), B-82-626 (TFGD)PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
DALY, Chief Judge.
The instant case arises out of the overcrowding at the Federal Correctional Institution at Danbury, Connecticut. The plaintiff class alleges that the overcrowding has created conditions of confinement violative of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Plaintiffs also assert claims pursuant to the Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq. The Court trifurcated the trial as follows: the first phase of trial would address liability on the injunctive claim, determining whether the conditions at F.C.I. Danbury constituted…
2Cases cited57 opinions
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- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Everett Hadix v. Perry M. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
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