Legal Opinion
Shrader v. White
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 9, 1985No. 83-6484PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs-appellants, inmates at Virginia State Penitentiary (VSP), brought this 42 U.S.C. § 19831 class action for declaratory and injunctive relief alleging that various conditions of their confinement violated the eighth amendment’s proscription against cruel and unusual punishment. The parties consented to trial before a United States magistrate, who concluded that the conditions at VSP do not violate the eighth amendment and dismissed the inmates’ complaint. On appeal the inmates assert that the magistrate applied an incorrect legal standard with respect to…
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- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by102 opinions
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- Robert Dale Strickler v. Gary Waters, Sheriff Commonwealth of Virginia City of Portsmouth Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
- Junior Ray Duckworth, Cross-Appellants v. Gayle Franzen, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Robert Shawn Wishon v. James "Tony" Gammon Jim Moore Dick Moore George LombardiCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Vincent Goka v. Paul Bobbitt, Officer, Acting SergeantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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