Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Gardner
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided July 2, 1986No. CIV-2-84-263PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDERS
HULL, Chief Judge.
This is a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case in which inmates of the Sullivan County Jail have challenged the constitutionality of the conditions of their confinement. By Order of April 4, 1986, this action was certified as a class action to be maintained on behalf of all inmates confined in the Sullivan County Jail and “workhouse”. Through a series of pretrial and status conferences, discovery, and negotiation between the parties, the issues upon which proof needed to be taken were limited. Resolution of some of the conditions complained of occurred by way of…
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