DAVID K. v. LANE

No. 86-3033.

839 F.2d 1265 (1988)

DAVID K., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michael LANE, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara J. Revak, Cook Partners Law Office, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ann Plunkett Sheldon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants ("plaintiffs"), four white inmates at Illinois' Pontiac Correctional Center ("Pontiac"),1 instituted this class action on behalf of themselves and all other present and future white inmates housed in the maximum security units of Pontiac. On March 16, 1985, plaintiffs filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to compel defendants-appellees, Illinois Department of Corrections and Pontiac Correctional...

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