GREEN v. FERRELL

No. 85-4863.

801 F.2d 765 (1986)

Tyrone GREEN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. William T. (Billy) FERRELL, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees. Moses BELTON, etc., Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellant, v. William T. FERRELL, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 8, 1986.

Rehearings and Rehearing Denied December 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.V. Westbrook, III, White & Morse, Gulfport, Miss., Handy, Fitzpatrick, Gwin & Lewis, Lucien C. Gwin, Jr., Natchez, Miss., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Shirley E. Payne, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before THORNBERRY, JOHNSON, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 8, 1986.

Rehearings and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 16, 1986.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In February 1979, plaintiffs filed their original complaint, alleging that conditions in the Adams County Jail violated their civil rights. The trial court originally dismissed the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. This court reversed the trial court's dismissal and...

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