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GUAJARDO v. ESTELLE

Civ. A. Nos. 71-H-570, 72-H-1076.

432 F.Supp. 1373 (1977)

Guadalupe GUAJARDO, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants. Lawrence C. POPE et al., Plaintiffs, v. H. H. COFFIELD et al., Defendants.

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

On Entitlement to Attorneys' Fees May 17, 1977.

Fixing Attorneys' Fees June 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Trabulsi, Jr., Sheryl B. Johnson, Baker & Botts, Ann Lentz, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Gilbert J. Pena, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants.

Memorandum

SINGLETON, District Judge.

For six years now this court has grappled with the constitutional problems presented by the mail rules and regulations of the Texas Department of Corrections. In 1971, plaintiff Guadalupe Guajardo, an inmate at the Texas Department of Corrections, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on behalf of himself and other TDC inmates to challenge the constitutionality of...

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