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RUIZ v. McCOTTER

Civ. A. No. H-78-987-CA.

661 F.Supp. 112 (1986)

David RUIZ, et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. O.L. McCOTTER, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

December 31, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Bennett Turner, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Dan Jacobs, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights, Div., Washington, D.C., for intervenor.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen. of Texas, F. Scott McCown, Melinda Hoyle Bozarth, Nancy Juren, Cynthia N. Milne, and Mary Keller, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JUSTICE, Chief Judge.

Introduction

The present phase of the Ruiz litigation1 concerns civil contempt proceedings arising from several of the prison reforms previously ordered in this action. The particular reforms at issue were based upon certain agreements and stipulations of the parties. After hearings pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 23, the agreements and stipulations were each approved...

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