Legal Opinion
Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. Peirce
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 17, 1980No. Civ. A. 76-743PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
COHILL, District Judge.
This civil rights class action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was filed in 1976 by inmates of the Allegheny County Jail challenging allegedly unconstitutional conditions at the
jail. After a lengthy trial, this Court concluded that many of the deficiencies at the jail arose to the level of constitutional violations. Opinions and orders were entered on January 4, 1978, and October 11, 1978. See Owens-El v. Robinson, 442 F.Supp. 1368 (W.D.Pa.1978) and 457 F.Supp. 984 (W.D. Pa.1978).
On appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the inmates…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Nathaniel Williams v. Leon J. Vincent, Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- West v. KeveCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- N. H. Newman v. State of Alabama and Bill Baxley, Attorney General for the State of Alabama, United States of America, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Todaro v. WardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Ramos v. LammCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- County of Allegheny v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Dawson v. KendrickDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1981
- Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. WechtDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
- Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. WechtDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
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