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HOOKS v. WAINWRIGHT

Nos. 71-1011-Civ-J-S, 71-144-Civ-J-S.

352 F.Supp. 163 (1972)

Harold Raymond HOOKS et al., Petitioners, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent. Harold Raymond HOOKS, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, M. D. Florida, Jacksonville Division.

December 6, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Livingston, Sarasota, Fla., for petitioners.

Daniel S. Dearing, Chief Trial Counsel Dept. of Legal Affairs, Office of the Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for respondents.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., and Asst. Atty. Gen., Civil Rights Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Richard G. Kleindienst, Atty. Gen. of the U. S., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., amicus curiae.

ORDER AND OPINION OF COURT

CHARLES R. SCOTT, District Judge.

In these consolidated cases1 plaintiffs,2 now or heretofore inmates committed to the custody of the Florida Division of Corrections, have brought a civil class action in which they allege that they have been denied under color of state law certain rights secured to them by the United States Constitution. The issue posited, and here decided...

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