Legal Opinion
Pugh v. Locke
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided January 13, 1976No. Civ. A. 74-203-N, 74-57-NPublishedCited by 183 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHNSON, Chief Judge.
In these consolidated class actions, 1 plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for deprivation of their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. This Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 2201 and 2202. This Court, as authorized by Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, incorporates in this memorandum opinion the appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law.
The Court finds that these actions are maintainable as class actions under Federal Rule 23(a) and (b)(2). The class is composed of all…
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