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Alabama v. Pugh

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided July 3, 1978No. 77-1107PublishedCited by 1,929 opinions

1Per curiam

Respondents, inmates or former inmates of the Alabama prison system, sued petitioners, who include the State of Alabama and the Alabama Board of Corrections as well as a number of Alabama officials responsible for the administration of its prisons, alleging that conditions in Alabama prisons constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The United States District Court agreed and issued an order prescribing measures designed to eradicate cruel and unusual punishment in the Alabama prison system. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Ford Motor Co. v. Department of TreasurySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Worcester County Trust Co. v. RileySupreme Court of the United States · 1937

3Cited by1,929 opinions

  1. Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Quern v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority v. Metcalf & Eddy, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993

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