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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:category
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United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court
United States Eighth Amendment case law
2011 in United States case law
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gptkbp:citation
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563 U.S. 493
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gptkbp:constitution
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gptkb:Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:date
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May 23, 2011
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:John_Roberts
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Samuel_Alito
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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09-1233
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Edmund_G._Brown,_Jr.,_Governor_of_California,_et_al._v._Marciano_Plata,_et_al.
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gptkbp:heldBy
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California's prison overcrowding violated the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Brown v. Plata
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gptkbp:involvedState
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gptkb:California
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gptkbp:legalImpact
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Set precedent for federal court intervention in state prison systems
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Sonia_Sotomayor
gptkb:Elena_Kagan
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Coleman_v._Schwarzenegger
gptkb:Plata_v._Schwarzenegger
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gptkbp:remedy
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California required to reduce prison population
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:Eighth_Amendment
prisoner rights
prison overcrowding
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Plata_v._Newsom
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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