Legal Opinion
Ruiz v. Estelle
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided November 17, 1982No. H-78-987-CAPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
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JUSTICE, Chief Judge.
The above-styled civil action was instituted a decade ago, in 1972, by David Ruiz and other inmates of the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC), who sought equitable relief from allegedly unconstitutional conditions prevailing in TDC. After more than six years of discovery, hearings, and pre-trial proceedings, trial commenced on October 2, 1978. After 159 days of trial, including one significant delay, the parties rested on September 20, 1979. 1
On December 12, 1980, a memorandum opinion was entered, which found widespread constitutional violations in the manner…
2Cases cited77 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1983
- Vasquez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Mark Wildman v. Lerner Stores Corporation, Mark Wildman v. Lerner Stores CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- McDonald v. ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Skilled Nursing Professional Services, a Division of Skilled Nursing Home Care, Inc. v. Sacred Heart Hospital of Norristown (In Re Sacred Heart Hospital of Norristown)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1994
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