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Hutto Vs. Finney

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 23, 1978

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  1. Estelle Vs. Gamble US Supreme Court · Nov 30, 1976
  2. Christiansburg Garment Co. Vs. Eeoc US Supreme Court · Jan 23, 1978
  3. United States Vs. Page US Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1891
  4. Fitzpatrick Vs. Bitzer US Supreme Court · Jun 28, 1976
  5. U.S. 678 (1978) U.S. Supreme Court Hutto v. Finney
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  6. U.S. 678 (1978) Hutto v. Finney
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  7. Holt v. Sarver
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  8. no furniture other than a source of water and a toilet that could only be flushed from outside the cell. Holt v. Sarver
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  9. was ordered to move as rapidly as funds became available. Ibid. After this order was affirmed on appeal, Holt v. Sarver
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  10. noted that sanctions, as well as an award of costs and attorney's fees, would be imposed if violations occurred. Holt v. Hutto
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  11. The Court of Appeals reversed the District Court's decision to withdraw its supervisory jurisdiction, Finney v. Arkansas
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  12. U. S. 97 , 429 U. S. 102 . It prohibits penalties that are grossly disproportionate to the offense, Weems v. United
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  13. supra at 429 U. S. 102 , quoting Jackson v. Bishop
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  14. s sentence might be completely unobjectionable, and well within the authority of the prison administrator. Cf. Meachum v. Fanow
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  15. orders directly to a State, federal courts could enjoin state officials in their official capacities. And in Edelman v. Jordan
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  16. requires application of that principle. In exercising their prospective powers under Ex parte Young and Edelman v. Jordan
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  17. ed.). Civil contempt proceedings may yield a conditional jail term or fine. United States v. Page
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  18. Gompers v. Bucks
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  19. As this Court made clear in Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer
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  20. Of course, the 11th Amendment is not a bar to the awarding of counsel fees against state governments. Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer
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  21. The Attorney General does not quarrel with the rule established in Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer
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  22. retroactive liability on the States in the absence of an extraordinarily explicit statutory mandate. See Employees v. Missouri
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  23. Edelman v. Jordan
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  24. immunity. The practice of awarding costs against the States goes back to 1849 in this Court. See Missouri v. Iowa
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  25. Page 437 U. S. 696 In Fairmont Creamery Co. v. Minnesota
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  26. Sprague v. Ticonic
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  27. U. S. 167 , are routinely taxed today, and have been awarded since 1278. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness
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  28. This case began as Holt v. Sarver
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  29. F.Supp. 825 (ED Ark. 1969) ( Holt I ). The two earlier cases were Talley v. Stephens
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  30. F.Supp. 683 (ED Ark.1965), and Jackson v. Bishop
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  31. The administrators of Arkansas' prison system evidently tried to operate their prisons at a profit. See Talley v. Stephens
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  32. sometimes required to run to and from the fields, with a guard in an automobile or on horseback driving them on. Holt v. Hutto
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  33. Inmates were lashed with a wooden-handled leather strap five feet long and four inches wide. Talley v. Stephens
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  34. to do so, some inmates were apparently whipped for minor offenses until their skin was bloody and bruised. Jackson v. Bishop
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  35. hand-cranked device, was used to administer electrical shocks to various sensitive parts of an inmate's body. Jackson v. Bishop
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  36. not turn off their TV. Ibid. Another trusty beat an inmate so badly the victim required partial dentures. Talley v. Stephens
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  37. that the Constitution does not require that every aspect of prison discipline serve a rehabilitative purpose. Novak v. Beto
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  38. Nadeau v. Helgemoe
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  39. As we explained in Milliken v. Bradley
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  40. Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness
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  41. by delaying or disrupting the litigation or by hampering enforcement of a court order. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness
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  42. Straub v. Vaisman
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  43. of court, and makes the prevailing party whole for expenses caused by his opponent's obstinacy. Cf. First Nat. Bank v. Dunham
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  44. CA8 1973). Of course, fees can also be awarded as part of a civil contempt penalty. See, e.g., Toledo Scale Co. v. Computing
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  45. Signal Delivery Service, Inc. v. Highway
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  46. million to help defray the costs of desegregating the Detroit school system. Milliken v. Bradley
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  47. for civil contempt, which also compensates a private party for the consequences of a contemnor's disobedience. Gompers v. Bucks
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  48. of the award or in giving the State time to adjust its budget before paying the full amount of the fee. Cf. Edelman v. Jordan
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  49. In Milliken v. Bradley
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  50. U.S. Supreme Court Hutto v. Finney
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