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GROSECLOSE v. DUTTON

No. 86-5448.

829 F.2d 581 (1987)

William GROSECLOSE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Michael DUTTON, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 18, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn., J. Andrew Hoyal, II, Wayne E. Uhl (argued), for defendants-appellants.

Larry D. Woods (argued), Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Hal D. Hardin, Nashville, Tenn., for R. Harries.

Before KRUPANSKY, NELSON and RYAN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 3, 1987.

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by prison officials of the State of Tennessee from a district court judgment holding that conditions on Tennessee's death row violate the Eighth Amendment. The defendants contest the merits of that holding, and urge that the case should not have gone forward as an independent case in any event, but should have been consolidated with a pending class action...

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