MOSS v. WEAVER

No. 74-3672.

525 F.2d 1258 (1976)

Ronald MOSS, etc., and Sarah Sermons, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Sidney WEAVER, Donald Stone, Dixie Chastain, William Gladstone, etc., and Richard E. Gerstein, etc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Simon, Dade County Atty., Alan T. Dimond, Asst. County Atty., Miami, Fla., for Weaver, Stone, Chastain, Gladstone, Gerstein.

Steven Wisotsky, Melvin S. Black, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, DYER and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Ronald Moss filed this class action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the judges of the Juvenile and Family Division of the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida, and against the state attorney for that county. The suit challenges the juvenile court judges' practice of imposing pretrial detention upon accused juvenile delinquents without determining whether there is probable cause to believe that the accused has committed an...

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