Legal Opinion
Fred A. Cruz, Etc. v. W. B. (Bill) Hauck
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1975No. 74-2783PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENN, Circuit Judge:
This is the third appeal to this court by indigent inmates of the Bexar County Jail of Texas challenging the constitutionality of restrictions on their access to legal materials. Unfortunately, due to the state of the record, we must return the case to the district court for the fourth and, hopefully, final time.
I. The Background
This suit was filed by appellants pro se as a class action 1 on May 4, 1970, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas seeking declaratory and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the enforcement of jail…
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