Estelle v. Gamble, No. 75-929 (U.S. Supreme Court) (429 U.S. 97; 97 S.Ct. 285) (November 30, 1976) (Justice Marshall)
Here the Court held that deliberate indifference by prison personnel to a prisoner's serious illness or injury constitutes cruel and unusual punishment contravening the Eight Amendment.
This is one of the Supreme Court's earliest cases to discuss "state of mind" for violations of the Eighth Amendment. In this case, a ...
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