Legal Opinion
Alabama v. Pugh
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 3, 1978No. 77-1107PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
438 U.S. 781 (1978)
ALABAMA ET AL.
v.
PUGH ET AL.
No. 77-1107.
Supreme Court of United States.
Decided July 3, 1978.
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.
2Per curiam
Respondents, inmates or former inmates of the Alabama prison system, sued petitioners, who include the State of Alabama and the Alabama Board of Corrections as well as a number of Alabama officials responsible for the administration of its prisons, alleging that conditions in Alabama prisons constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The…
Also in this document: Dissent.
3Cases cited5 opinions
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Alabama v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Ford Motor Co. v. Department of TreasurySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Worcester County Trust Co. v. RileySupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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