RUFO, SHERIFF OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, et al.
v.
INMATES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY JAIL et al.
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Argued October 9, 1991.
Decided January 15, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Chester A. Janiak argued the cause for petitioners in No. 90-954. With him on the briefs were Thomas D. Burns, Peter J. Schneider, Ann E. Merryfield, and Robert C. Rufo, pro se. John T. Montgomery, First Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, argued the cause for petitioner in No. 90-1004. With him on the briefs were Scott Harshbarger, Attorney General, and Jon Laramore, Thomas A. Barnico, and Douglas H. Wilkins, Assistant Attorneys General.
Max D. Stern argued the cause for respondents in both cases. With him on the brief were Lynn Weissberg and Alan B. Morrison.†
White, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, and Souter, JJ., joined. O'Connor, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, p. 393. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Blackmun, J., joined, p. 399. Thomas, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the cases.
United States Supreme Court.
Justice White, delivered the opinion of the Court.
In these cases, the District Court denied a motion of the sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, to modify a consent decree entered to correct unconstitutional conditions at the Suffolk County Jail. The Court of Appeals affirmed. The issue before us is whether the courts below applied the correct standard in denying the motion...
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