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Whitley Vs. Albers

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 04, 1986

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  11. U.S. 312 (1986) U.S. Supreme Court Whitley v. Albers
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  12. U.S. 312 (1986) Whitley v. Albers
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  13. to be based solely on the Eighth Amendment as made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment. See Robinson v. California
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  14. Id. at 430 U. S. 671 , n. 40. Page 475 U. S. 319 See also Revere v. Massachusetts
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  15. U. S. 535 , n. 16 (1979). An express intent to inflict unnecessary pain is not required, Estelle v. Gamble
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  16. supra, at 430 U. S. 670 (quoting Estelle v. Gamble
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  17. lack of due care for the prisoner's interests or safety. This reading of the Clause underlies our decision in Estelle v. Gamble
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  18. officials alike, in addition to the possible harms to inmates against whom force might be used. As we said in Hudson v. Palmer
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  19. Johnson v. Glick
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  20. F.2d 1028, 1033 (CA2) (Friendly, J.), cert. denied sub nom. John v. Johnson
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  21. respect to the unjustified infliction of harm as is tantamount to a knowing willingness that it occur. See Duckworth v. Franzen
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  22. Block v. Rutherford
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  23. Jones v. North
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  24. properly raised below may be urged as a basis for affirmance of the Court of Appeals' decision, see United States v. New
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  25. and so violates the Fourteenth Amendment, Rochin v. California
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  26. n express intent to inflict unnecessary pain is not required, Estelle v. Gamble
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  27. Ingraham v. Wright
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  28. should be made by the jury when it resolves disputed facts, not by the court in its role as arbiter of law. See Byrd v. Blue
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  29. must be viewed in the light most favorable to respondent, who won a reversal of a directed verdict below. See Galloway v. United
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  30. This intent standard ostensibly derives from an opinion of Judge Friendly in Johnson v. Glick
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  31. F.2d 1028, 1033 (CA2), cert. denied sub nom. John v. Johnson
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  32. asserted by respondent before the District Court. For the reasons stated in JUSTICE BLACKMUN's dissent in Davidson v. Cannon
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  33. U.S. Supreme Court Whitley v. Albers
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  34. the Fourteenth Amendment. See Robinson v. California
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  35. Revere v. Massachusetts
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  36. John v. Johnson
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  37. See Duckworth v. Franzen
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  38. United States v. New
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  39. the Fourteenth Amendment, Rochin v. California
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  40. See Byrd v. Blue
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  41. See Galloway v. United
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