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· 2/24/1970

Hamlett v. New Jersey

Citations

  • 397 U.S. 913
  • 90 S. Ct. 917

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that allegations of several instances of flawed medical treatment state a claim under Eighth Amendment
  • “[N]o claim is stated when a doctor disagrees with the professional judgment of another doctor. There may, for example, be several acceptable ways to treat an illness.”
  • “Intentional interference with prescribed treatment” is “one of several methods of showing deliberate indifference to serious medical needs.”

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