Kentucky v. Hamilton

How courts have described this case

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

• although double-celling not practiced, excessive in-cell time in cells ranging in size from 54 to 59.2 square feet in Indiana state prison over 100 years old, combined with otherwise constitutionally adequate conditions of confinement, constituted unconstitutionally overcrowded conditions
• overcrowding can violate eighth amendment
• affirming imposition of population cap
• affirming imposition of population cap
• overcrowding can violate eighth amendment
• overcrowding can violate eighth amendment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

59 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gutierrez v. Peters
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-04-23· cited 877×
• Harris v. Thigpen
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-09-18· cited 556×
• Anderson v. County of Kern
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-01-13· cited 430×
• Richard A. French v. Norman G. Owens, Richard A. French v. Norman G. Owens, United States of America, Amicus Curiae
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-02-12· cited 255×
• Lawrence D. Caldwell v. Harold G. Miller, Warden
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-06-16· cited 247×
• Marilyn Greason v. Ralph Kemp
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-01-09· cited 247×
• Brooks v. Celeste
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-11-09· cited 238×
• Lavarita D. Meriwether v. Gordon H. Faulkner
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-06-04· cited 230×
• Del Raine v. Williford
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-08-09· cited 174×
• Howard Hossman v. William Spradlin, James Kimmel and Jack R. Duckworth
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-01-13· cited 158×
• Madrid v. Gomez
  N.D. California· 1995-01-10· cited 115×
• Unwin v. Campbell
  First Circuit· 1988-12-09· cited 91×
• DeGidio v. Pung
  Eighth Circuit· 1990-12-04· cited 84×
• Clarkson v. Coughlin
  S.D. New York· 1995-06-16· cited 79×
• Hill v. Dekalb Regional Youth Detention Center
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-12-27· cited 70×
• Derrick Williams v. Michael O'leary, Clyde E. Nash, Leroy Banks
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-05-25· cited 55×
• Marion Holmes v. Sheriff Michael Sheahan and Dr. John Raba
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-04-22· cited 48×
• Tillery v. Owens
  Third Circuit· 1990-06-29· cited 48×
• Bass v. Wallenstein
  Seventh Circuit· 1985-07-30· cited 43×
• Birr v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1987-11-04· cited 42×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Blockburger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-12-11· cited 10,676×
• North Carolina v. Pearce
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
• Brown v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-16· cited 3,552×
• Missouri v. Hunter
  Supreme Court· 1983-01-19· cited 2,324×
• Ohio v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 1984-08-02· cited 1,064×
• Harris v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-29· cited 618×
• Hamilton v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-08-31· cited 28×