Hayes Williams v. Edwin Edwards, Governor of the State of Louisiana, Defendants

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1977-03-15

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AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge: This is an appeal from a District Court decision that prisoner conditions at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola violate the Constitution of the United States and certain laws of the State of Louisiana, and from its order that if the prison is to.contin *1208 ue i…

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