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LIGHTFOOT v. WALKER

Nos. 86-2004, 86-2184.

826 F.2d 516 (1987)

Ralph LIGHTFOOT, LaCarttle Jones, Fred Jenkins, and Nelson Weaver, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Daniel WALKER, Governor of the State of Illinois, et al. Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1987.

As Amended August 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Prendergast, Richard J. Prendergast, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Harvey Grossman, Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WOOD, FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.

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...

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