Joseph Taylor v. W. L. Sterrett

This is an abortive appeal from a district court order of August 19, 1974. The original judgment in this litigation was entered on June 5, 1972, and required the defendants, officials of Dallas County responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the County’s jail, to make broad changes in the jail’s physical plant and operating procedures. See Taylor v. Sterrett, N.D.Tex.1972, 344 F.Supp. 411, aff’d in part, vacated in part, and remanded, 5 Cir. 1974, 499 F.2d 367. Upon the defendants’ motion, the Fifth Circuit stayed the district court’s judgment and injunction pending appeal,…