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PARRISH v. ALABAMA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 97-6773.

156 F.3d 1128 (1998)

Donald PARRISH, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Gary Beasley, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Joe S. Hopper, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 28, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Pryor, Atty. Gen., Alice Ann Byrne, Asst. Atty. Gen., Albert S. Butler and Ellen Leonard, Dept. of Corrections, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Christopher A. Smith, O'Bannon & O'Bannon, Florence, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before EDMONDSON and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and STAFFORD, Senior District Judge.

EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

The Alabama Department of Corrections appeals the refusal of the district court to terminate an injunction. We reverse and remand to the district court with instructions to terminate the injunction.

BACKGROUND

The District Court for the Northern District of Alabama entered an injunction in 1982 prohibiting Alabama and Lauderdale County from housing state prisoners in the Lauderdale County Jail for more than 30 days...

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