Legal Opinion
Harbison v. Little
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 2, 2009No. 07-6225PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSiler, J., joined by Cook, J.,
CLAY, J. (pp. 539-41), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
SILER, Circuit Judge.
Edward Jerome Harbison is a Tennessee prisoner under death sentence who has exhausted all appeals and was denied a writ of habeas corpus. In 2006, Harbison filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol. The district court granted judgment in favor of Harbison, holding that the protocol violated the Eighth Amendment. The state defendants (State) appealed, relying on the Supreme Court’s decision in Baze v. Rees, — U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 1520, 170 L.Ed.2d 420…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Baze v. ReesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Harbison v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Emmett v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2008
- Philip Workman v. Governor Phil BredesenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
- Edward Jerome Harbison v. Ricky Bell, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Cook v. BrewerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Clemons v. CrawfordCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
- Jackson v. DanbergCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
- Cooey v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009
- Bowling v. Kentucky Department of CorrectionsKentucky Supreme Court · 2010
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