Legal Opinion
Lair v. Oglesby
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 30, 1993No. 93-1097PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
We revisit the ease of Lair v. Oglesby, in which an Arkansas prison inmate sues the prison psychiatrist for requiring him to take prolixin, a drug used to treat psychosis. Lair originally asserted due process and Eighth Amendment claims (by way of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988)) based on the original prescription and administration of the drug. The district court1 dismissed Lair’s case for failure to state a claim and we affirmed, except that we remanded for trial of the narrow issue of whether Dr. Oglesby violated the Eighth Amendment by continuing to have Lair treated…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Little Earth Of The United Tribes, Inc. v. United States Department Of Housing And Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1982
- Donnie Lair v. Dr. Walter Oglesby, Psychiatrist, Maximum Security UnitCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- 61 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 343, 61 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 42,078 Jacquelyn L. Morris v. American National Can Corporation and Glen Besore, and David ScottCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by9 opinions
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