Charles J. Slakan v. T.C. Porter, M.M. Walters, Amos Reed, Ralph Edwards, Sam Garrison, and J.B. Barefoot, J.G. Watson, D.R. Woodard, Jack Lemons

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• reasoning that liability is premised not on respondeat superior but on “a recognition that supervisory indifference or tacit authorization of subordinates’ misconduct may be a causative factor in the constitutional injuries they inflict on those committed to their care”
• discussing the “heavy burden of proof” that a plaintiff assumes when asserting a claim of supervisory liability
• finding officials may be held liable for the acts of their subordinates, if the official is aware of a pervasive, unreasonable risk of harm from a specified source and fails to take corrective action as a result of deliberate indifference or tacit authorization
• six hosings by one guard alone, and widespread hosings by other guards
• \Liability in this context is not premised on respondeat superior . . . but on a recognition that supervisory indifference or tacit authorization of subordinates' misconduct may be a causative factor in the constitutional injuries they inflict . . . .\
• \Liability in this context is not premised on 'respondeat su-pe'rior ... but on a recognition that supervisory indifference or tacit authorization of subordinates' misconduct may be a causative factor in the constitutional injuries they inflict. .\

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