Legal Opinion
Daryl Gillespie v. Bobby Crawford
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 30, 1987No. 87-2729PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Per curiam
Daryl Gillespie is an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections (the TDC). Gillespie and James Smith, another TDC inmate, filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Gillespie and Smith alleged that they were housed in crowded and unhealthy conditions in violation of the eighth amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments and that as a result they contracted tuberculosis.1 They asked for injunctive and declaratory relief and damages. The district court held that Gillespie and Smith failed to state a claim under section 1983 and thus dismissed their in forma pauperis suit,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Eddie Williams v. J.H. Griffin, Superintendent J.C. Harris, Jr., Area Administrator Aaron J. Johnson, Secretary of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- Willard Barrett Wilson v. James A. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Daryl Gillespie v. Bobby CrawfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Wendell Dale Lewis and Martin Hernandez v. Warden WoodsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Maldonado v. TerhuneDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1998
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