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WESSON v. JOHNSON

No. 27918.

579 P.2d 1165 (1978)

Charles WESSON, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bert J. JOHNSON, Sheriff of Adams County, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 12, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathon B. Chase, Boulder, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colo., for plaintiff-appellant.

Paul Q. Beacom, Dist. Atty., Robert J. Braswell, Asst. Dist. Atty., Marc P. Mishkin, Deputy Dist. Atty., Brighton, for defendant-appellee.

PRINGLE, Chief Justice.

This is a class action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970), whereby plaintiff claims that he and all other pretrial detainees in the custody of the defendant in the Adams County Jail have been denied their constitutional right to a program of contact visitation. The trial court held that there was a constitutional right to contact visitation but that security requirements precluded implementation of such a program in the Adams...

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