Legal Opinion
McMurry v. Phelps
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided January 7, 1982No. Civ. A. 77-1289PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STAGG, District Judge.
This suit, brought as a class action 1 by inmates of the Ouachita Parish Jail, challenges conditions of confinement at the Parish Jail located on the top floor of the Ouachita Parish Courthouse. The suit was filed seeking declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C., § 1983 2 for alleged deprivations of the rights of inmates secured under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, as well as certain statutory rights conferred by Louisiana law. The plaintiffs named as defendants various parish and…
2Cases cited73 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by30 opinions
- David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Thorne v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Toussaint v. McCarthyDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1984
- Morrow v. HarwellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- George E. Penland, Jr., Vernon Ward v. Warren County JailCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
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