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BROWN v. PITCHESS

Docket No. L.A. 30313.

13 Cal.3d 518 (1975)

531 P.2d 772

119 Cal. Rptr. 204

EDWARD BROWN et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. PETER J. PITCHESS, as Sheriff, etc., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John H. Larson, County Counsel, and Michael H. Dougherty, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Appellants.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, Derald E. Granberg and Charles R.B. Kirk, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on Behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Terry Smerling, Richard A. Weisz and Ronald L. Sievers for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Daniel M. Luevano, Rosalyn M. Chapman and Philip L. Goar as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

CLARK, J.

This action for declaratory and injunctive relief under the federal Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983) was filed in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on behalf of the individual plaintiffs and all other unsentenced Los Angeles County jail inmates representing themselves against criminal charges. Plaintiff "pro. pers." complained of a variety of alleged conditions of their confinement, including the inadequacy...

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