Kittle v. Clairol, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the “contemporary standards of human decency” embodied in the Eighth Amendment require 60 square feet of space per prisoner in cells and 75 square feet per prisoner in dormitories, as suggested by American Public Health Association standards
• rejecting argument that potential risks involved in placing violent and passive inmates in close proximity to reduce overcrowding elsewhere required reversal of district court’s injunction
• reciting elements courts examine to determine whether stay order pending an appeal 4 is warranted
• “We, too, abhor any situation or circumstance requiring the intervention of the federal courts in matters involving the administration, control and maintenance by the sovereign states of their penal systems.”
• “An inmate does not have a federal constitutional right to rehabilitation.”
• long-term idleness, inadequate exercise, work or educational programs

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).