Parker v. McKeithen’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
1 district · 1 state decisions
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Monroe v. Pape · Tenney v. Brandhove · Cooper v. Pate · Mackay v. Nesbett · Granville v. Hunt
Most-quoted passages
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““Plaintiff also alleges that * * * the Warden; * * * Assistant Warden; and * * * Deputy Warden, violated his right to equal protection of the laws and freedom from cruel and unusual punishment. Specifically, plaintiff contends that although defendants were aware of the fact that weapons were produced on the prison premises, they, acting under color of State law, failed to provide adequate internal security measures to prevent the manufacture, possession and use of lethal weapons by prison inmates and, further, that although defendants were aware of •x- -x- -x- threats to stab petitioner, they failed to prevent the injuries inflicted. “Petitioner further asserts that he was deprived equal protection by being imprisoned, in a defenseless state, with prison inmates who, to the knowledge of defendants, manufactured, carried, possessed and used deadly weapons. “Under the concept of general tort liability prevailing in Louisiana, in order to hold the employees of a State who have charge of a prison liable for injury to one inmate inflicted by another inmate, there must be knowledge on the part of such officers in charge that such injuries will be inflicted, or good reason to anticipate such and, following that, there must be a showing of negligence on the part of these officials in failing to prevent the injury. “To be actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , the acts complained of must be done under color of State law and must amount to a deprivation of a constitutionally protected rig”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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