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STEWART v. WINTER

No. 80-3899.

669 F.2d 328 (1982)

Eugene STEWART, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. William WINTER, Individually and in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Mississippi, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yvonne L. Hughes, Cleveland, Miss., Bruce Johnson, Lexington, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

R. Lloyd Arnold, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., P. Roger Googe, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., Hugh R. Varnado, Jr., Belzoni, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before COLEMAN, REAVLEY and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs, 18 past or present inmates in county jails in Mississippi, brought this action against various Mississippi state and county officials. They sought to represent a class of all persons who have been or will be incarcerated in the county jails of any of the 82 counties in Mississippi against a class of defendants including all state and county officials in any way responsible for maintaining or overseeing the conditions in the jails...

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