Legal Opinion
Preston v. Thompson
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 29, 1983No. 78 C 3512, 78 C 3006PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PRENTICE H. MARSHALL, District Judge.
These actions arose from “deadlocks” imposed by Illinois corrections officials at the Pontiac and Stateville prisons immediately following a violent disturbance by Pontiac inmates in July 1978. In Prisoners of Pontiac Correctional Center v. Thompson, No. 78 C 3006 (N.D.Ill. filed July 27, 1978), plaintiffs challenged the loss of attorney— inmate contact caused by the deadlocks. In late July 1978, former district judge John Powers Crowley granted plaintiffs’ request for a temporary restraining order requiring defendants to permit Pontiac…
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