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· 5/19/1947

Fleming v. Leavenworth Packing Co.

Citations

  • 162 F.2d 715
  • 1947 U.S. App. LEXIS 2166

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  • holding the district court did not err in denying qualified immunity when members of rival gangs permitted in the exercise yard at the same time attacked
  • explaining that it is unlawful under the Eighth Amendment to be aware of and disregard the risk of violent outbreaks from placing certain inmates together, and this unlawfulness was clearly established

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