Legal Opinion
Lightfoot v. Walker
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 24, 1987No. Nos. 86-2004, 86-2184PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Nearly fourteen years ago, several inmates at the Menard Correctional Center (Menard) filed an individual suit against the State of Illinois,1 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking to improve conditions in segregation. Their case eventually mushroomed into a massive legal battle on behalf of all inmates at Menard, challenging conditions prison-wide as unconstitutional. After thirty-one days of trial, the district court found the substandard conditions violated the eighth and fourteenth amendments and, in February 1980, ordered extensive relief. Lightfoot v.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Blum v. StensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Marek v. ChesnySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Milo John Munson v. Wendell R. Friske, John Rybak, Jr., Kenneth Todd, and Ashland CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Stephen Ustrak v. James W. FairmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Student Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. And Friends of the Earth, in 86-5927 v. At & T Bell Laboratories, in 86-5895Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- McGuire v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Fisher Properties, Inc. v. Arden-Mayfair, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1990
- Jardien v. Winston Network, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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