Wilson v. Seiter, No. 89-7376 (U.S. Supreme Court) (501 U.S. 294; 111 S.Ct. 2321) (June 17, 1991) (Justice Scalia)
In this case, the Court explained the difference between what it perceived were two general categories of Eighth Amendment claims in the prison setting: those involving "conditions of confinement" and those involving "excessive use of government force." In both cases, the offending conduct must be "wanton", but the constraints facing ...
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