Legal Opinion
Pugh v. Rainwater
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided January 3, 1979No. 71-448-Civ-JLKPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON REMAND AND ATTORNEYS FEES
JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.
In March, 1971, the plaintiffs filed a complaint under Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the Florida practice which permitted persons to be held in custody solely upon probable cause determinations made by state attorneys. In their complaint the plaintiffs also questioned the constitutionality of the use of money bail as a condition of release for indigent defendants.
Both issues have had a full and extraordinary life. The probable cause issue was argued twice in the Supreme Court of the United States, which concluded, in a…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Edward Brown v. Robert E. L. Culpepper, Jr., Superior Court Judge of the South Georgia Judicial CircuitCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Robert Pugh and Nathaniel Henderson v. James RainwaterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
13 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by3 opinions
- Harold T. Tarter v. James HuryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Linder v. SmithMontana Supreme Court · 1981
- Wells v. HutchinsonDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1980