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BURKS v. TEASDALE

No. 78-1889.

603 F.2d 59 (1979)

Calvin BURKS, James X. Hill, Roosevelt Martin, Willie Norwood, Robert Busby, Joe Scroggins, Richard Thomas, Douglas W. Thompson and James E. Williams, Darryl Hines, and all other prisoners similarly situated, Appellants, v. Joseph TEASDALE, Governor of the State of Missouri, Lawrence Graham, Individually and as Director of the Department of Social Services, State of Missouri, George Camp, Deputy Director of the Department of Social Services, State of Missouri, Edward Haynes, Director of Division of Corrections, State of Missouri, Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Hoare, of Chackes & Hoare, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant; Steven Gladstone, Columbia, Mo., on brief.

William F. Arnet, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee; John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., on brief.

Before LAY, ROSS and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.

HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal in a civil rights case from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.1 Plaintiffs are inmates of the Missouri State Penitentiary located at Jefferson City, Missouri.2 Plaintiffs, who are represented by attorneys employed by the American Civil Liberties Union, alleged that they were confined under conditions and subjected to practices that...

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