Legal Opinion
Michael A. Dunn v. James B. Carey, Delaware County Sheriff
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 16, 1986No. 86-2101, 86-2102PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Michael Dunn and two others filed suit in 1978, on behalf of a class of inmates, contending that conditions at the Delaware County Jail violated the constitutional rights of pretrial detainees. The case was settled in 1984 by a consent decree providing for the construction of a new “Public Safety Complex” in Delaware County. The Complex was to include a new city hall for Muncie, Indiana, and new police facilities as well as a new jail. Under the decree the city and county governments would lease the Complex, and the cost of the lease would be directly funded by new…
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