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GUAJARDO v. ESTELLE

No. 77-2226.

580 F.2d 748 (1978)

Guadalupe GUAJARDO, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Gilbert J. Pena, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ed Idar, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Nancy M. Simonson, Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Kendall, Jr., 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel E. Maeso, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Ann Lents, Harry M. Reasoner, John L. Carter, Scott J. Atlas, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

In 1971 plaintiff Guadalupe Guajardo, an inmate of 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 the TDC correspondence rules and practices then in effect. The district court found a number of the TDC rules constitutionally invalid and ordered injunctive relief. Guajardo v. McAdams, 349 F.Supp. 211

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