District Court, W.D. Missouri January 14, 1999, Nos. 98-7330-TX-C-5, 99-4021-CV-C-5 (In re Texas Prison Litigation)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER APPROVING CLASS SETTLEMENT AND ORDERING PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEE

LAUGHREY, District Judge.

Beginning in 1995, the State of Missouri contracted with various Texas counties and a city to house inmates who had been committed to the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections (“DOC”).