Legal Opinion
Conard v. Stitzel
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 27, 1963No. Civ. A. 31391PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FREEDMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff sues under the Civil Rights Acts 1 for violation of constitutional rights guaranteed by the Eighth Amendment’s provision against cruel and unusual punishment and the Fourteenth Amendment’s provision against denial of the equal protection of the laws. He charges that the defendant, who is Warden of the Berks County Prison, subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment while he was incarcerated there from sometime in May 1959 to July 22, 1959. He alleges that he was given inadequate food and accommodations, was deprived of medical care, was denied the rights…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Holmberg v. ArmbrechtSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Bailey v. GloverSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Chattanooga Foundry & Pipe Works v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Campbell v. HaverhillSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- O'Sullivan v. FelixSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Ammlung v. City of ChesterCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Pugliano v. StaziakDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
- Helen Reabe Sobosle v. United States Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Gaito v. StraussDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
- Eubanks v. ClarkeDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
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