COLLINS v. SCHOONFIELD

Civ. No. 71-500-K.

344 F.Supp. 257 (1972)

Vernon COLLINS et al. v. Hiram L. SCHOONFIELD, Warden, et al.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

May 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Sachs, Joseph A. Matera, Michael A. Millemann, Michael Elder, Luther C. West, Baltimore, Md., and Stanley Bass, New York City, for plaintiffs.

George L. Russell, Jr., City Sol., Ambrose T. Hartman, Deputy City Sol., William Hughes, Carol S. Sugar and Neil J. Lewis, Asst. City Sol., Baltimore, Md., for defendants.


FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

On May 7, 1971, this suit was instituted by eight pre-trial detainees then in the Baltimore City Jail. Prior to the commencement of trial on January 10, 1972, an amended complaint was filed by seven of the original named plaintiffs1 plus one additional plaintiff, also a pre-trial detainee. By the time of trial, several of the original and continuing plaintiffs had been tried and either released from, or...

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