Legal Opinion
Spencer Harris v. Ronald Fleming, Larry Frailey and Walter Breischke
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 12, 1988No. 86-2549PublishedCited by 378 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Spencer Harris, is a prisoner of the State of Illinois, confined at the Menard Correctional Center in Menard, Illinois. On August 26, 1985 he filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against three officers of Menard seeking $320,000 in compensatory and punitive damages and for other relief. 1 Harris alleged that he was subjected to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth amendment because of certain conditions of his confinement. He also claimed that he was retaliated against in job and cell assignments…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Alabama v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Ramos v. LammCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by378 opinions
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- Colon v. CoughlinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Barney v. PulsipherCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
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