Legal Opinion
Gates v. Collier
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided October 20, 1972No. GC 71-6-KPublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
READY, Chief Judge.
This case of great public concern and interest involves alleged unconstitutional conditions and practices in the maintenance, operation, and administration of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, Mississippi (Parchman).
The action began February 8, 1971, as a class action brought by certain Parch-man inmates against the Superintendent of the Penitentiary, the members of the Mississippi Penitentiary Board and the Governor of the State. Thomas D. Cook, penitentiary superintendent at the commencement of the…
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