· 2/4/1981
ATIYEH, GOVERNOR OF OREGON, Et Al. v. CAPPS Et Al.
Citations
- 449 U.S. 1312
- 49 U.S.L.W. 3558
- 101 S. Ct. 829
- 66 L. Ed. 2d 785
- 1981 U.S. LEXIS 697
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- observing as to prisoners’ intolerable conditions claims that “nobody promised them a rose garden; and I know of nothing in the Eighth Amendment which requires that they be housed in a manner most pleasing to them”
- “[T]here is nothing in the Constitution that says that ‘rehabilitation’ is the sole permissible goal of incarceration. ...”
- stating transfer within prison is within discretion of prison officials
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Judges: Rehnquist
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