RUIZ v. ESTELLE

No. H-78-987-CA.

553 F.Supp. 567 (1982)

David RUIZ, et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. W.J. ESTELLE, et al., Defendants.

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

November 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Bennett Turner, San Francisco, Cal., Steven L. Winter, New York City, for plaintiffs.

David J.W. Vanderhoof, Sp. Litigation Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-intervenor.

Mark White, Atty. Gen. of Tex., Austin, Tex., Brian S. Greig, William R. Pakalka, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Houston, Tex., for defendants.


ORDER

I.

JUSTICE, Chief Judge.

The above-styled civil action was instituted a decade ago, in 1972, by David Ruiz and other inmates of the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC), who sought equitable relief from allegedly unconstitutional conditions prevailing in TDC. After more than six years of discovery, hearings, and pre-trial proceedings, trial commenced on October 2, 1978. After 159 days of trial, including one significant delay, the parties...

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