Legal Opinion
Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. Wecht
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 29, 1985No. Nos. 84-3024, 84-3191PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:
County Officials of Allegheny County appeal from two orders entered by the United States District Court in the longstanding *122dispute over conditions at the Allegheny County Jail. In No. 84-3191 they appeal from an order dated March 13, 1984, denying their motion for modification of a May 25,1983 order placing maximum population limits for male and female inmates in the jail. In No. 84-3024 the county officials appeal from an order dated December 30, 1983, directing them to pay a sanction of $5,000 for each prisoner released from the jail in order to…
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. WechtCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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