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UNION COUNTY JAIL INMATES v. SCANLON

Civ. No. 81-863.

537 F.Supp. 993 (1982)

UNION COUNTY JAIL INMATES, Timmie Lee Barlow, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James SCANLON, Thomas Jefferson, etc. et al., Defendants, v. William H. FAUVER, Commissioner, Department of Corrections, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

April 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley C. Van Ness, New Jersey Public Defender by T. Gary Mitchell, Trenton, N. J., for plaintiffs.

Robert C. Doherty, County Counsel, County of Union, Elizabeth, N. J., for defendants.

Irwin I. Kimmelman, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey by Joseph T. Maloney, Deputy Atty. Gen., Trenton, N. J., for third-party defendant.

OPINION

HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, District Judge.

It is no secret that crime is one of the most serious problems facing this country. People properly perceive it as a disease of epidemic proportions affecting the very well-being of society.1 It is understandable that the public, acting through its appointed and elected representatives, has attempted to respond forcefully by apprehending...

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