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VALENTINE v. ENGLEHARDT

Civ. A. No. 78-270.

492 F.Supp. 1039 (1980)

Emmitt VALENTINE; William Coles; Bruce Cunningham; Nathaniel Dash; Winfred Gray; Tony McCutchen; Damon Wilder, on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Edwin ENGLEHARDT, Sheriff, Passaic County; John DeYoung, Warden, Passaic County Jail; Edward O'Byrne, Freeholder-Director; Joseph Bubba, Freeholder; Louise Friedman, Freeholder; S. M. Terry LaCorte, Freeholder; James Roe, Freeholder; Joseph Russo; Freeholder-Deputy Director; Cyril Yannarelli, Freeholder; all their successors in office, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

July 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffry A. Mintz, Acting Director, Dept. of the Public Advocate, Trenton, N. J., for plaintiffs.

Martin Verp, Passaic County Counsel by Randy Kopf and James V. Convery, Asst. County Counsels, Paterson, N. J., for defendants.

OPINION

STERN, District Judge.

In the final stage of this class action brought pursuant to Title 42 United States Code, § 1983, by the inmates of the Passaic County Jail,1 the Court must decide whether the institution's ban on contact visitation is constitutional. The Court has heard three days of testimony, received the Report and Recommendation of Special Master Edward J....

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