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· 6/10/1968

Elmo Co. v. Federal Trade Commission

Citations

  • 392 U.S. 905
  • 88 S. Ct. 2056

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “[d]elay in the provision of treatment or in providing examinations can violate inmate’s rights when the inmates’ ailments are medically serious or painful in nature”
  • explaining that the use of force against pretrial detainees “must be necessarily incident to administrative in terests in safety, security and efficiency”
  • explaining that the use of force against pretrial detainees “must be necessarily incident to administrative interests in safety, security and efficiency”
  • considering both prongs in the analysis of the “objective reasonableness” of the use of force
  • \The defendant bears the burden of proof with respect to all other elements of the defense....\
  • “The defendant bears the burden of proof with respect to all other elements of the defense_”

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