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ELLIOTT v. STATE

No. CA 92 0773.

619 So.2d 137 (1993)

George ELLIOTT, O'Neil Ginn, Isidor Lopez, David Nealy, Timothy Morris, Norris Henderson, Stanley A. Smith, Checo Yancy, Edward Smith, Gerald Bosworth, Danny Sermon, George Witherspoon, Lue Sullivan, Beryl Carter, Gordon Bradford v. STATE of Louisiana, Charles "Buddy" Roemer, Governor of the State of Louisiana, William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 28, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

June E. Denlinger, Keith B. Nordyke, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellees George Elliott, et al.

Joseph Erwin Kopsa, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant State of La., et al.

Before LOTTINGER, C.J., and FOIL and FOGG, JJ.

FOIL, Judge.

In this appeal, we are asked to review the action of the trial court in granting plaintiffs' motion for certification of this lawsuit as a class action. After a thorough review of the record, we reverse.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs are fifteen inmates in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. They brought this suit against the State of Louisiana and its former...

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