Legal Opinion
Marshall Jackson v. Jack Duckworth, Warden H. Abbott, Investigator C. Adkins, Assistant Warden
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 27, 1992No. 91-1355PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a prisoner’s civil rights suit against officials of the Indiana prison system. The district judge granted summary judgment for the defendants. Only one of the many issues pressed by the prisoner on appeal merits discussion in a published opinion; the others are decided in an unpublished order issued today. The issue we discuss is whether the claim of cruel and unusual punishment presents a genuine issue of material fact. Both parties treat this as a “subhuman conditions” case, and focus on the objective inhumanity of the conditions. The prisoner’s affidavit…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wilson v. SeiterSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Ramos v. LammCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Junior Ray Duckworth, Cross-Appellants v. Gayle Franzen, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Herbert F. McGill Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Jack R. Duckworth, Defendants-Appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Jim Eric Chandler v. Captain William BairdCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by156 opinions
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- Kenneth SARSHA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Estelle SteinCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018
- Ronald D. Lunsford, Jr., Hazen E. Upham, and David Gary v. Timothy Bennett, Donald Jarrett, Laura PerryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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