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MOBILE COUNTY JAIL INMATES v. PURVIS

Civ. A. No. 76-416-P.

600 F.Supp. 788 (1985)

MOBILE COUNTY JAIL INMATES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Thomas J. PURVIS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Alabama, S.D.

January 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.U. Blacksher, Mobile, Ala., Steven L. Winter, Deborah Fins, Jack Greenberg, Stanley A. Bass, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Roderick P. Stout, James C. Wood, Mobile, Ala., Bob Bright, Jack M. Curtis, Montgomery, Ala., Ronnie L. Williams, John Lawler, Mobile, Ala., for defendants.

ORDER RESCINDING CONTEMPT FINE

PITTMAN, Senior District Judge.

On October 29, 1982 (tab 195), this court entered an order holding the defendants in contempt of court for not complying with this court's order of April 24, 1981 (tab 137) concerning the jail population. A $5,000-a-day fine was imposed until such time as the defendants were in compliance. 551 F.Supp. 92, affirmed 703 F.2d 580.

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