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HOWERTON v. MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, ARKANSAS

Nos. J-71-C-54, J-71-C-71.

361 F.Supp. 356 (1973)

Edna HOWERTON, next friend of James Arthur Howerton, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, et al., Defendants. George HOOVER, Jr., on Behalf of himself and all other Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Arkansas, Jonesboro Division.

May 11, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian Tepper, W. Anthony Fitch, Stanley Herr, Washington, D. C., Thomas B. Tinnon, Mountain Home, Ark., John T. Lavey, Little Rock, Ark., Bart G. Mullis, Pine Bluff, Ark., Oscar Fendler, Blytheville, Ark., Eudox Patterson, Hot Springs, Ark., and Richard S. Arnold, Texarkana, Ark., for plaintiffs.

Graham Sudbury, Gerald Pearson, Pros. Atty., Second Judicial District, Blytheville, Ark., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

EISELE, District Judge.

This case arises from two distinct complaints that the Court ordered consolidated for disposition. The complaints contain similar factual allegations, legal contentions, and prayers for relief; moreover, defendants in both cases are identical. The complaints are based on the alleged experiences of three inmates of the Mississippi County Penal Farm. In addition to their individual claims, plaintiffs raise class claims...

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