Legal Opinion
Wallace Cotterall, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Brice Paul, Individually and as Sheriff of Coffee County, Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 19, 1985No. 84-7041PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Chief Judge:
Cotterall brought this action individually and on behalf of a class alleging unconstitutional conditions in the Coffee County, Alabama, jail. The district court dismissed without certifying the class. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I. Background
Cotterall sued Brice Paul, individually and as Sheriff of Coffee County, as well as the Chairman and members of the Coffee County Commission (the “county defendants”) on behalf of himself and others who “are or have been incarcerated in the Coffee County jail.” Cotterall was a state prisoner who had been temporarily…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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