THOMPSON v. BOND

No. 74 CV 91-C.

421 F.Supp. 878 (1976)

Douglas W. THOMPSON and Gary Vincent Johnson, Plaintiffs, v. Christopher BOND, Governor, State of Missouri, and John C. Danforth, Attorney General of Missouri, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Missouri, C. D.

October 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. McManus of Shughart, Thompson & Kilroy, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiffs.

William F. Arnet, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for defendants.

Before GIBSON, Circuit Judge, and COLLINSON and HUNTER, District Judges.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ELMO B. HUNTER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Douglas Thompson and Gary Johnson, both prisoners confined in institutions under the jurisdiction of the Missouri Department of Corrections, bring this action on behalf of all inmates of the Missouri penal system, seeking to have this Court declare unconstitutional and enjoin the enforcement of the Missouri civil death statute, Mo.Rev.Stat. § 222.010 (1969). A three-judge court was duly...

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