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CRAFTON v. LUTTRELL

Civ. A. Nos. 6615 and 6795.

378 F.Supp. 521 (1974)

Carl Clifford CRAFTON v. Mark H. LUTTRELL, Commissioner of Correction, State of Tennessee, et al. Calvin MURRY, Individually and on behalf of all other State Penitentiary inmates similarly situated v. Winfield DUNN, Governor, State of Tennessee, and Mark H. Luttrell, Commissioner of Correction, State of Tennessee.

United States District Court, M. D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

As Amended June 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Small, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs.

W. Henry Haile, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Tenn., Nashville, Tenn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

MORTON, District Judge.

This is a class action by all inmates of the Tennessee Department of Correction seeking declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 U. S.C. § 1983. Principal defendants are the Governor and the Commissioner of Correction of the State of Tennessee, and the Warden of the Tennessee State Penitentiary, Nashville, Tennessee. Jurisdiction of the court is acquired pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§...

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