LEMON v. DUGGER

No. 90-3330.

931 F.2d 1465 (1991)

George LEMON, Plaintiff-Appellee, Barry Adderson, Plaintiff, v. Richard DUGGER, individually, P.E. Pickett, individually and in his official capacity, R.D. Jones, individually and in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellants, Florida Department of Corrections, the State of Florida, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Cecilia Bradley, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Dept. of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Peter P. Sleasman, Fla., Institutional Legal Services, Inc., Gainesville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ANDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellants, prison officials of the State of Florida, appeal from the judgment of the trial court granting relief to an inmate and from the trial court's denial of their motion for judgment on the pleadings and their motion for summary judgment.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

This appeal involves the constitutional protection accorded prison inmates with respect to "legal mail," that is mail between the inmates and counsel.<...

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