Legal Opinion
Brown v. Plata
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 23, 2011No. 09-1233PublishedCited by 494 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
This case arises from serious constitutional violations in California’s prison system. The violations have persisted for years. They remain uncorrected. The appeal comes to this Court from a three-judge District Court order directing California to remedy two ongoing violations of the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause, a guarantee binding on the States by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amend-*500men! The violations are the subject of two class actions in two Federal District Courts. The first involves the class of prisoners with serious mental disorders. That case is Coleman v. Brown.…
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