Legal Opinion
Kathleen Smith and Gladys Smith, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Floyd Wayne Smith, Deceased v. The Honorable Layn R. Phillips
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 2, 1989No. 89-6056PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
In this mandamus action, we must decide whether, in the particular circumstances before us, a district court has the power to require that a settlement agreement be placed in the record. 1
Petitioners’ decedent was in custody in the Carter County, Oklahoma, jail when he died of strychnine poisoning. Petitioners filed suit against the state, county, city, and various officials alleging that decedent’s civil rights were violated. Before trial, defendants State of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation were dismissed on the pleadings, defendant McQueen was…
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