Legal Opinion
Clinton Morse Watson v. Robert Ray,appellees
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 29, 1999No. 98-3443PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NANGLE, Senior District Judge.
Clinton Morse Watson appeals the district court’s 2 termination of a consent decree issued in 1981 which addressed prison conditions at Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) in Fort Madison, Iowa. We affirm.
1. BACKGROUND
This case began as a class action filed in 1978 by inmates at ISP. The action was brought on behalf of all present and future general population inmates at ISP challenging the conditions of confinement at the institution as violative of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. After two years of discovery, a three-week trial was held in 1980. Watson v. Ray,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- National Bank Of Commerce v. Dow Chemical Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
- United States v. David P. TalleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- William J. Noll v. Joseph Petrovsky, Warden, McFp Dr. Clawson, McFp Dr. Stanley Nelson, McFpCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by27 opinions
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