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HENDERSON v. DeROBERTIS

Nos. 88-2698, 88-3407 and 88-3430.

940 F.2d 1055 (1991)

Robert HENDERSON and Thomas Jefferson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard DeROBERTIS, Warden; and Michael O'Leary, Assistant Warden, Defendants-Appellees. Willie WILLIAMS; and Warren Lee Harris, Individually and on Behalf of all Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard DeROBERTIS and Michael O'Leary, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 15, 1991.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Brohman, Gregory S. Gallopoulos (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William H. London (argued), Laurel Black, William H. London, Beverly J. Tiesenga, Asst. Attys. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before COFFEY and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 1, 1991.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

During a four-day period in 1982, the outdoor temperature at Illinois' Stateville Correctional Center plunged to a low of 22 degrees below zero; the prison's heating system in Cellhouse B-West malfunctioned at the same time. Two of some 300 inmates housed in B-West, Thomas Jefferson and Robert Henderson, filed separate complaints under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that prison...

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