Legal Opinion
John Doe v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 7, 1983No. 80-2171PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.
Separate statements filed by MacKINNON and HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
Appellees, inmates in the Lorton Maximum Security Facility (“Maximum”), brought this class action against the District of Columbia and several of its officials and employees, challenging the conditions of their confinement on a variety of constitutional, statutory and common law grounds. At trial, appellees presented evidence of their exposure to the danger of violent assault and sexual abuse—a situation allegedly caused or…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by54 opinions
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