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FINNEY v. ARKANSAS BOARD OF CORRECTION

Nos. 73-1745, 74-1202, 74-1205, 74-1330, 74-1369, 74-1406, 74-1642 and 74-8102.

505 F.2d 194 (1974)

Robert FINNEY et al., Appellants, v. ARKANSAS BOARD OF CORRECTION and Terrell Don Hutto et al., Appellees. James C. ELLINGBURG, Appellant, v. Douglas NOLAN, Individually and as an Employee of the Cummins Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee. James C. ELLINGBURG, Appellant, v. Kenneth G. TAYLOR, Individually and as a Correctional Officer, Arkansas Board of Correction, et al., Appellees. James C. ELLINGBURG, Appellant, v. Dan SEWELL, Individually and as a Police Captain, Texarkana, Arkansas, Police Department, et al., Appellees. James C. ELLINGBURG, Appellant, v. Terrell Don HUTTO, Commissioner of Correction, State of Arkansas, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1974.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 4, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip E. Kaplan, Little Rock, Ark., for appellants in No. 73-1745.

O. H. Hargraves, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee in No. 73-1745.

Before LAY and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and DEVITT, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 4, 1974.

LAY, Circuit Judge.

In August 1973, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas rendered its decision in this class action brought by Arkansas prisoners against the members of the Arkansas State Board of Correction, Terrell Don Hutto, the Arkansas Commissioner of Correction, and other prison officials. The petitioners are inmates at the Cummins Prison Farm and the Tucker Intermediate...

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