· 4/21/1952
Handzik v. Illinois ex rel. Dickerson
Citations
- 343 U.S. 927
- 72 S. Ct. 760
- 96 L. Ed. 1337
- 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2201
How courts have described this case
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- finding no violation where plaintiff was permitted to use alcohol and marijuana while incarcerated because he “voluntarily engage[d]” in the conduct
- “[C]onduct in which one voluntarily engages can hardly be said to violate the Eighth Amendment.”
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