Legal Opinion
Marvin Jones, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Fred R. Diamond, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1979No. 78-1289PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenge to nearly every conceivable facet of the Jackson County jail at Pascagoula, Mississippi, in use at the time the lawsuit was filed and the case was tried.
Since oral argument before us, a new jail designed for single cell occupancy, with approximately 80 square feet to the cell, has been opened. In uncontroverted post argument affidavits, we have been assured that the “old jail” will hereafter be in limited use to detain individuals for short periods of time while they are in the process of supplying bail, and the like. Since the old…
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3Cited by97 opinions
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- Ruiz v. EstelleDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1980
- Puckett v. StuckeyMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
- Sylvester H. Peck v. Cliff Hoff, Deputy Warden, Classification BoardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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