CORPUS v. ESTELLE

Civ. A. Nos. 68-H-348, 69-H-905.

409 F.Supp. 1090 (1975)

Julius CORPUS and Calvin Sellars, individually and on behalf of all other inmates of the Texas Department of Corrections, Plaintiffs, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director of the Texas Department of Corrections, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

December 12, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Bennett Turner, San Francisco, Cal., Frances T. Freeman Cruz, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen. of Tex. (Calvin Botley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., and Harry H. Walsh, Asst. Atty. Gen., Huntsville, Tex.), for defendant.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW:

SEALS, District Judge.

The following constitute the findings of fact and conclusions of law applicable to the above styled and numbered cause of action.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. This is a class action brought by prisoners confined in the Texas Department of Corrections (the "TDC"), seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Director of the TDC.1 The action

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