Legal Opinion
Howard v. King
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 16, 1983No. 83-3154PublishedCited by 599 opinions
1Per curiam
Clinton Howard, Michael Chapman, and Kenneth Robinson, inmates of the Louisiana Department of Corrections at Angola, Louisiana, filed a civil rights suit in federal district court alleging violations of their eighth amendment right to be free of cruel and unusual punishment. The complaint alleged, in pertinent part:
For sometime now the two defendants herein, Warden Ross Maggio, and the Director of the Department of Corrections John King, has been operating a malfeasance CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT situation, i.e., “EXTRA DUTY” .. . upon violation of a prison rule the defendants has Ordered…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Coppedge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by599 opinions
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- Edward James Matzker, Jr. v. Raymond Herr, Sheriff, Richard A. Schaab, Lt. And Mary Pearsall, Corrections OfficerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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