Legal Opinion
Ruiz v. Johnson
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided March 1, 1999No. CIV.A. H-78-987PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JUSTICE, Senior District Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION.860
A. Case History.862
1. Ruiz v. Estelle.862
2. The 1992 Final Judgment.863
B. The Prison Litigation Reform Act.864
C. Post-1992 Procedural History .865
II. SUMMARY AND CLARIFICATION OF ISSUES.869
A. The Parties’ Positions .869
B. The Proper Scope of this Decision .:.870
III. LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES TO THE PLRA.872
A. Retroactivity.872
B. Separation of Powers.872
1. Separation of Powers Challenges to the PLRA.873
2. Congress’s Inability to Reopen an Article III Court’s Final Judgment .874
3. The Consent Decree…
2Cases cited98 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better EnvironmentSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Jones'El v. BergeDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2001
- Kane v. WinnDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2004
- Wilkerson v. StalderDistrict Court, M.D. Louisiana · 2007
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