Lámar v. Coffield’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The court is wary of being seen to test the resolve of inmates who announce that their hate will make them violently disposed to other races if they are locked together. No amount of violence, large or small, to prove one’s eligibility for a single-race cell will be rewarded by the state or by this court. An inmate who proves that he is both a bigot and violent will face consequences much worse than an undesirable cellmate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 986 F. Supp. 1036 - Payne v. Collins