Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Seiter
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 17, 1991No. 89-7376PublishedCited by 6,307 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
This case presents ing that conditions of confinement constitute cruel and unusual punishment must show a culpable state of mind on the part of prison officials, and, if so, what state of mind is required.
Petitioner Pearly L. Wilson a Hocking Correctional Facility (HCF) in Nelsonville, Ohio. Alleging that a number of the conditions of his confinement constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, he brought this action under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 against respondents Richard P. Seiter, then Director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and…
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