Legal Opinion
Chairs v. Morgan County Sheriff
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 18, 1998No. 97-6327PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
In this jail-overcrowding case, we conclude that the district court erred in holding the State in contempt for violating an injunction. We vacate the district court’s order and remand for further proceedings.
Background
In March 1986, a consent decree (Decree) was entered by the district court for the Northern District of Alabama. 1 Under the Decree, the Alabama Department of Corrections and the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections (the State) were ordered to remove state prisoners from the Morgan County Jail within thirty days of the receipt by the…
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