Legal Opinion
Harold Oliver v. Kent Deen, Francis Melvin, and Richard Gramley
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 22, 1996No. 94-4012PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
The role of the federal courts in regard to conditions of confinement in state prisons is an uneasy one. Conditions in prisons in Arkansas, Alabama, and Mississippi led federal judges in the late 1960’s to forge legal tools to alleviate deplorable, almost unimaginable situations. From a pioneering attempt to protect inmates, who, for instance, because they feared forcible sexual violence and stabbings spent nights clinging to the bars,1 a body of law has emerged in which inmates sue their keepers for countless alleged deprivations, ranging from being maced to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Farmer v. BrennanSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Helling v. McKinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Leon Snipes v. George Detella, Doctor Ehrhardt, John L. RussianCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Gutierrez v. PetersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Forbes v. EdgarCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Forbes v. EdgarCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Ellis Henderson v. Michael F. Sheahan and J.W. FairmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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