| Estelle v. Gamble | ||||||
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued October 5, 1976 Decided November 30, 1976 |
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| Full case name | Estelle, Corrections Director, et al. v. J. W. Gamble | |||||
| Citations | 429 U.S. 97 (more) 97 S. Ct. 285; 50 L. Ed. 2d 251; 1976 U.S. LEXIS 175 |
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| Holding | ||||||
| In order to state a cognizable Section 1983 claim for a violation of Eighth Amendment rights, a prisoner must allege acts or omissions sufficiently harmful to evidence deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, and that medical malpractice did not rise to the level of "cruel and unusual punishment" simply because the victim was a prisoner. | ||||||
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| Case opinions | ||||||
| Majority | Marshall, joined by Burger, Brennan, Stewart, White, Powell, Rehnquist | |||||
| Concurrence | Blackmun | |||||
| Dissent | Stevens | |||||
Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97 (1976), was a case decided by United States Supreme Court that held that in order to state a cognizable Section 1983 claim for a violation of Eighth Amendment rights, a prisoner must allege acts or omissions sufficiently harmful to evidence deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, and that medical malpractice did not rise to the level of "cruel and unusual punishment" simply because the victim was a prisoner.