· 1/17/1978
Hamilton v. Covington
Citations
- 445 F. Supp. 195
- 1978 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20090
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- \either the Eight or Fourteenth Amendment is violated when those charged with care for incarcerated persons fail to take reasonable measures to protect the lives and safety of their wards in the event fire should break out in the jailhouse\
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