Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Noble
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1994No. 93-7678PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Madison County officials1 appeal the United States Magistrate Judge’s denial of their motion for relief from a consent judgment governing jail conditions in Madison County, Mississippi, and his finding of contempt for violations of that judgment. Finding no reversible error in the magistrate judge’s rulings, we affirm.
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This litigation commenced in 1978, when a group of Madison County Jail inmates filed a class action against Madison County officials challenging conditions at the jail. The parties negotiated an interim consent agreement, which was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Wilson v. SeiterSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County JailSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- United States v. Armour & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Block v. RutherfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- McClendon v. City of AlbuquerqueCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
- Frazar v. HawkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
- Cooper v. PentecostCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Jeff D. v. KempthorneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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