PARRISH v. JOHNSON

No. 84-1642.

800 F.2d 600 (1986)

George PARRISH and Charles Giles, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Perry JOHNSON, Charles Anderson, K.L. Cole, and Clarence Turner, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Bennett (argued), Detroit, Mich., Jody LeWitter, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen. of Mich. Lansing, Mich., Thomas A. Kulick (argued), for defendants-appellees.

Before KEITH and BOGGS, Circuit Judges, and CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.


CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants George Parrish and Charles Giles appeal from a district court's decision finding that Parrish's and Giles' conditions of confinement were unconstitutional and that defendant-appellee Clarence Turner subjected Parrish to cruel and unusual punishment and violated Parrish's First Amendment rights.1 On appeal, Parrish contends that the district court erred in awarding only nominal damages...

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