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SANTANA v. COLLAZO

Nos. 82-1345, 82-1418.

714 F.2d 1172 (1983)

Flora SANTANA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Jenaro Collazo COLLAZO, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Flora SANTANA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, and United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Appellant, v. Jenaro COLLAZO, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 30, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Swanger, St. Louis, Mo., and John R. Bird, Frankfort, Ill., with whom Maria Laura Colon, Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for Flora Santana, et al.

Charles J. Cooper, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., with whom Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Brian K. Landsberg, Walter W. Barnett, and Miriam R. Eisenstein, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for the United States of America.

Donato Rivera De Jesus, Hato Rey, P.R., for Jenaro Collazo.

Before McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge, COFFIN and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 30, 1983.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

In October, 1975, eight juvenile residents of the Mayaguez Industrial School (Mayaguez), in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, filed a complaint, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, urging the court to declare conditions at Mayaguez unconstitutional. Since that time, two similar suits have been consolidated with the first, and the actions have been certified as a class action on behalf of all present...

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