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BRITTON v. KOEP

No. C7-85-1696.

387 N.W.2d 668 (1986)

Wayne BRITTON, individually and o.b.o. all present and future prisoners of the Crow Wing County Law Enforcement Center, Brainerd, Minnesota, Respondents, v. Mary KOEP, Steve Sievek, Howard D. Peterson, Leo Kostek and John Ferrari, individually and as Crow Wing County Commissioners, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied July 31, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Erickson, Brainerd, for respondents.

Stephen C. Rathke, Brainerd, for appellants.

Joseph B. Marshall, Circle Pines, for amicus curiae Minnesota State Sheriffs Assn.

Heard, considered and decided by FOLEY, P.J., and SEDGWICK and NIERENGARTEN, JJ.

OPINION

NIERENGARTEN, Judge.

As a result of excessively hot and muggy conditions in the Crow Wing County jail, a class action on behalf of present and future prisoners (respondents) was commenced alleging violations of state law and the Eighth and Fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution. The trial court found that the Crow Wing County Board of Commissioners' (County) failure to alleviate the high temperatures "deprived [the prisoners] of...

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