Forrest v. Prine’s Empirical Analysis
620 F.3d 739 · 2010
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Whitley v. Albers · Hudson v. McMillian · City of Revere v. Massachusetts General Hospital
Most-quoted passages
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“The Fourteenth Amendment right to due process provides at least as much, and probably more, protection against punishment as does the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. [Plaintiff] has not explained, however, how any protections guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment provide him with more protection than he would receive under traditional Eighth Amendment standards. We therefore shall borrow Eighth Amendment standards to analyze [plaintiffs] Fourteenth Amendment section 1983 claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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