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Rufo Vs. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 15, 1992

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  1. Bell Vs. Wolfish US Supreme Court · May 14, 1979
  2. Firefighters Vs. Stotts US Supreme Court · Jun 12, 1984
  3. Pasadena City Bd. of Ed. Vs. Spangler US Supreme Court · Dec 22, 1975
  4. Rufo v. Inmates
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  5. County Jail - 502 U.S. 367 (1992) October Term, 1991 Syllabus Rufo, Sheriff of Suffolk County, Et Al. V. Inmates
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  6. the sheriff argued that modification was required by a change in law, this Court's postdecree decision in Bell v. Wolfish
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  7. detainees. The District Court denied relief, holding that Rule 60(b)(5) codified the standard of United States v. Swift
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  8. Rapone, Commissioner of Correction of Massachusetts v. Inmates
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  9. Attorney General v. Sheriff
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  10. N. E. 2d 361, 362 (1985), are documented in the decision of the District Court. See Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. Eisenstadt
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  11. necessary to renovate another existing facility as a substitute detention center. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. Kearney
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  12. conditions at the Charles Street Jail were also vulnerable under the Eighth Amendment. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. Eisenstadt
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  13. appeal the District Court's decision holding that he was a proper party to the lawsuit. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. Eisenstadt
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  14. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. Kearney
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  15. Litigation in the state courts ensued, and defendants were ordered to build a larger jail. At torney General v. Sheriff
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  16. in law and in fact required the modification. The asserted change in law was this Court's 1979 decision in Bell v. Wolfish
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  17. refused to grant the requested modification, holding that the sheriff had failed to meet the standard of United States v. Swift
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  18. Inmates of 4 See, e. g., New York State Assn. for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Carey
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  19. Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization v. Shapp
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  20. Plyler v. Evatt
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  21. Newman v. Graddick
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  22. F.2d 1513 (CAll 1984). 378 Suffolk County Jail v. Kearney
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  23. a judicial decree that is subject to the rules generally applicable to other judgments and decrees. Railway Employes v. Wright
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  24. standard of United States v. Swift
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  25. female inmates at the new jail. The sheriff appealed, and the First Circuit affirmed. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. Kearney
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  26. traditional flexible standard for modification of consent decrees. New York State Assn. for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Carey
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  27. U. S. 915 (1983). But that conclusion does not follow when the standard is read in context. See United States v. United
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  28. S., at 647. The same theme was repeated in our decision last Term in Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Dowell
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  29. permits a less stringent, more flexible standard. The upsurge in institutional reform litigation since Brown v. Board
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  30. changes occurring during the life of the decree is increased. See, e. g., Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization v. Shapp
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  31. essential to achieving the goals of reform litigation. See, e. g., New York State Assn. for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Carey
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  32. Courcy, 888 F.2d 1105 , 1109 (CA6 1989). Accord, New York State Assn. for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Carey
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  33. it became apparent that plans for the new jail did not provide sufficient cell space. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. Kearney
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  34. a decree proves to be unworkable because of unforeseen obstacles, New York State Assn. for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Carey
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  35. or when enforcement of the decree without modification would be detrimental to the public interest, Duran v. Elrod
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  36. a party relies upon events that actually were anticipated at the time it entered into a decree. See Twelve John Does v. District
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  37. Ruiz v. Lynaugh
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  38. the decree, as originally issued and modified, called for a facility with single cells. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. Kearney
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  39. App.111. 388 This was the case in Railway Employes v. Wright
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  40. Railway Employes, supra, at 651. See also Firefighters v. Stotts
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  41. and n. 9, 583, n. 17 (1984). Petitioner Rapone urges that, without more, our 1979 decision in Bell v. Wolfish
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  42. a course of conduct not tailored to curing a constitutional violation that has been adjudicated. See Milliken v. Bradley
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  43. United States v. Armour
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  44. the agreed-upon decree, which clearly was related to the conditions found to offend the Constitution. Milliken v. Bradley
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  45. Milliken I), 418 U. S. 717 , 738 (1974). See also Dowell, 498 U. S., at 246-248. Cf. Firefighters v. Cleveland
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  46. had based their agreement on a misunderstanding of the governing law. For instance, in Pasadena City Bd. of Ed. v. Spangler
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  47. Syllabus Rufo, Sheriff of Suffolk County, Et Al. V. Inmates
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  48. of United States v. Swift
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  49. Rapone, Commissioner of Correction of Massachusetts v. Inmates
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  50. of the District Court. See Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. Eisenstadt
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