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WAYNE CTY. JAIL INMATES v. WAYNE CTY. SHERIFF

No. 12 November Term 1973, Docket No. 54,362.

391 Mich. 359 (1974)

216 N.W.2d 910

WAYNE COUNTY JAIL INMATES v. WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF WAYNE COUNTY JAIL INMATES v. WAYNE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 16, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan W. Houseman and Robert L. Reed, Michigan Legal Services Assistance Program, for plaintiffs.

Aloysius J. Suchy, Wayne County Corporation Counsel, George H. Cross, Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel and David R. Kaplan, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for defendants Wayne County Board of Commissioners and Robert E. Fitzpatrick, Chairman of the Board.

Aloysius J. Suchy, Wayne County Corporation Counsel, and William F. Koney, Assistant Corporation Counsel (Edward M. Cassel, of counsel), for defendant Wayne County Treasurer.

T.G. KAVANAGH, J.

This is a class action brought by the inmates of the Wayne County Jail asking for equitable relief from the conditions at that institution which they assert infringe their rights under the state and Federal constitutions and the laws of the State of Michigan.

We granted leave to appeal the judgment for the plaintiffs and bypass of the Court of Appeals on the unopposed motion of plaintiff inmates because of the widespread public interest in...

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