Estelle, Corrections Director v. Gamble

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Estelle,_Corrections_Director_v._Gamble
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Estelle_v._Gamble
gptkbp:arguedDate 1976-10-06
1976-10-05
gptkbp:citation 429 U.S. 97
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1976-11-30
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant W. J. Estelle, Corrections Director
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_William_Rehnquist
gptkbp:docketNumber No. 75-929
gptkbp:heldBy Deliberate indifference to serious medical needs of prisoners constitutes the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain proscribed by the Eighth Amendment.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Estelle, Corrections Director v. Gamble
gptkbp:legalSubject gptkb:Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
cruel and unusual punishment
prisoner rights
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:J._W._Gamble
gptkbp:predecessor prisoner medical care cases
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Estelle_v._Gamble
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6