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SWANSEY v. ELROD

No. 74 C 2986.

386 F.Supp. 1138 (1975)

Joseph SWANSEY, by Annie Swansey, mother and next friend, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Richard ELROD, Sheriff of Cook County, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

January 10, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sally T. Elson, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Fredric B. Weinstein, Asst. State's Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

McLAREN, District Judge.

I.

Introduction

This is a class action civil rights case commenced under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the detention of persons between the ages of thirteen and seventeen in Cook County jail.1 The plaintiffs allege that such incarceration constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment and violates the equal protection clause...

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