Legal Opinion
Kish v. County of Milwaukee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 14, 1971No. 18630PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs James J. Kish and John J. Pine instituted this action for damages in the United States District Court pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1871, Title 42, U.S.C.A. § 1983,1 for alleged deprivation of their rights guaranteed by the Eighth2 and Ninth3 Amendments to the United States Constitution. The complaint charged the County of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Milwaukee and the Sheriff of Milwaukee, Edwin T. Purtell,4 with failing to secure the plaintiffs’ safety from physical and homosexual assaults during their…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Basista v. WeirCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Holt v. SarverDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1970
- Oscar Bethea v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, James Townsend v. Sherman H. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
- Wiltsie v. California Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Warren Curtis v. Angus Russell EveretteCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- Ramon Rondon Pinto v. Carlos Jimenez Nettleship, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- West v. RoweDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1978
- Brown v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1972
- Jennings v. DavisDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1972
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