Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Bishop
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1968No. Nos. 18957-18959PublishedCited by 392 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
The three plaintiffs-appellants, inmates of the Arkansas penitentiary,1 in separate actions call upon us to direct the entry of an injunction barring the use of the strap as a disciplinary measure in Arkansas’ penal institutions. The claim is that the district court
erred in refusing to hold that corporal punishment of prisoners is cruel and unusual punishment within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and in holding that the whipping of prisoners was not unconstitutional per se.
The plaintiffs’ cases are not dissimilar, in tone and…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Weems v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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3Cited by392 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Hudson v. McMillianSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Ingraham v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Johnson v. GlickCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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