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IMPRISONED CITIZENS UNION v. SHAPP

Civ. A. No. 70-3054.

461 F.Supp. 522 (1978)

IMPRISONED CITIZENS UNION et al. v. Milton SHAPP et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

November 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Snavely, II, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

J. Andrew Smyser, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.

In an order entered May 30, 1978 we enjoined on Eighth Amendment grounds the continued use of three maximum security cells, known as the "Glass Cage", at the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Imprisoned Citizens Union v. Shapp, 451 F.Supp. 893, 898 (E.D. Pa.1978). Defendants, alleging that the constitutional defects in the Glass Cage have been...

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