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PUGH v. RAINWATER

No. 71-448-Civ-JLK.

465 F.Supp. 41 (1979)

Robert PUGH et al. v. James RAINWATER et al.

United States District Court, S. D. Florida.

January 3, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce S. Rogow, Miami, Fla., Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs.

George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Florida, Tallahassee, Fla., Stephen V. Rosin, Asst. State Atty., Miami, Fla., for defendants.

ORDER ON REMAND AND ATTORNEYS FEES

JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.

In March, 1971, the plaintiffs filed a complaint under Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the Florida practice which permitted persons to be held in custody solely upon probable cause determinations made by state attorneys. In their complaint the plaintiffs also questioned the constitutionality of the use of money bail as a condition of release for indigent defendants.

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