Legal Opinion
Doughty v. Bd. of County Com'rs for County of Weld
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided June 15, 1989No. 88-F-1160PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHERMAN G. FINESILVER, Chief Judge.
This suit involves entitlement of inmates incarcerated at a county jail to have cigarette smoking privileges in spite of a county-wide ban on smoking in public buildings. There is little precedent on the exact point involved in this litigation.
Plaintiffs are inmates in the Weld County Jail who are awaiting trial on state felony charges. Defendants are the county’s Board of County Commissioners and the County Sheriff. The jail is located in Greeley, Colorado, forty-eight miles north of Denver. Plaintiffs bring this action under 42…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Block v. RutherfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Harry Franklin v. State of Oregon, State Welfare DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Avery v. PowellDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1988
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. White v. ParsonsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1997
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