Legal Opinion
Newman v. State of Ala.
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided February 2, 1979No. Civ. A. 3501-N, 74-57-N and 74-203-NPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JOHNSON, Chief Judge.
On October 4, 1972, this Court held that the failure of the Board of Corrections to afford the basic elements of adequate medical care to inmates in the Alabama Prison System constituted “a willful and intentional violation” of their rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Newman v. Alabama, D.C., 349 F.Supp. 278, 287. Four years later, when the Court issued its order in Pugh v. Locke, D.C., 406 F.Supp. 318 (1976), those same serious shortcomings persisted. What Pugh revealed, however, was that such shortcomings were endemic to every phase of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Griffin v. School Bd. of Prince Edward Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Newman v. AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Pugh v. LockeDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1976
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Bobby Williams v. Larry BennettCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Newman v. AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Jean P. Lynch, Individually and on Behalf of All Persons Similarly Situated, Jesse M. Hughes, Intervening v. William J. Baxley, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Perez v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Newman v. GraddickCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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