SIEGEL v. RAGEN

No. 49 C 47.

88 F.Supp. 996 (1949)

SIEGEL et al. v. RAGEN et al.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

June 17, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis Kutner, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Ivan A. Elliot, Atty. Gen., of State of Ill., Henry F. Tenney, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


CAMPBELL, District Judge.

This is an action under the Civil Rights Act, 8 U.S.C.A. § 43, brought on behalf of the plaintiffs and all others similarly situated. Plaintiffs are all inmates of State penitentiaries — two at Stateville and one at Menard. They allege that the rights and privileges granted to them under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution have been violated. More specifically, the amended complaint sets forth...

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