District Court, W.D. Missouri October 15, 1976, 74 CV 91-C (Thompson v. Bond)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ELMO B. HUNTER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Douglas Thompson and Gary Johnson, both prisoners confined in institutions under the jurisdiction of the Missouri Department of Corrections, bring this action on behalf of all inmates of the Missouri penal system, seeking to have this Court declare unconstitutional and enjoin the enforcement of the Missouri civil death statute, Mo.