Legal Opinion
Hassine v. Jeffes
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 29, 1988No. 87-1369PublishedCited by 180 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the district court in an action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985 (1982), challenging the conditions of confinement at the State Correctional Institute at Gra-terford, Pennsylvania (“Graterford” or “the prison”). The district court found that the conditions at the prison did not result in a deprivation of basic needs in violation of the eighth amendment’s proscription of cruel and unusual punishment. The district court, however, limited the scope of its factual findings to the…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. FalconSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by180 opinions
- In Re: The Prudential Insurance Company Of America Sales Practices LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John and Connie Yonki, Carl and Kathryn Corona, Dallas and Patricia Nelson, Mynard and Mildred Duncan, Kirby L. Stegman, Dewayne Anderson, Morris and Barbara Betzold, in No. 94-1064. Rudolph Jenkins, William D. Cunningham, Mather Johnson, Forrest Charles Ginn, Buren William Jones and Martin D. Parkman, in No. 94-1194. Parish of Jefferson, in No. 94-1195. The State of New York, in No. 94-1198. Elton Wilson, Individually, and Frank I. Owen, Individually and on Behalf of the Residents of the State of Alabama, in No. 94-1202. City of New York, in No. 94-1203. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1207. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1208. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, in No. 94-1219Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Baby Neal v. CaseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Hagan v. RogersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
- In Re: Cendant Corporation LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
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