PUGH v. RAINWATER

No. 72-1223.

557 F.2d 1189 (1977)

Robert PUGH and Nathaniel Henderson et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James RAINWATER et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Granted October 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender, Bennett H. Brummer, Asst. Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Fla., Bruce S. Rogow, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Peter Nimkoff, Pearson & Josefsberg, Lewis M. Jepeway, Jr., Miami, Fla., amicus curiae, for Dade County Bar Assn.

Duke Winsor, Legal Unit, Public Safety Dept., James R. Jorgenson, Stuart Simon, County Atty., Alan T. Diamond, Asst. County Atty., Miami, Fla., for Purdy.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for Sutton, Rainwater, Ferguson, Adair, Snowden, and Berkman.

Frank Miles, City Atty., Hialeah, Fla., for Maynard.

Aaron Foosaner, Miami Beach, Fla., for Perry.

Joseph Pardo, Miami, Fla., for Segall.

Jack Blumenfeld, Milton Robbins, Asst. State's Atty., Miami, Fla., for Gerstein.

Joseph A. Wanick, City Atty., and Henry Edgar, Asst. City Atty., Miami Beach, Fla., for Pomerance.

Alan H. Rothstein, Larry J. Hirsch, Asst. City Atty., Montague Rosenberg, Asst. City Atty., Miami, Fla., for Bernard Garmire.

Paul H. Zacks, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEWIN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing En Banc Granted October 18, 1977. See 562 F.2d 362.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Since Florida's admission to the Union persons charged in the courts of that state with bailable offenses were entitled to obtain pretrial freedom by paying or having a surety pay to the court a sum of money refundable upon appearance at trial. Plaintiffs in the instant case, indigent pretrial detainees1 suing...

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