May v. General Motors Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “isolated instances of contaminated or spoiled food, while certainly unpleasant, are not unconstitutional”
• explaining that the Constitution mandates that prison officials satisfy inmates’ “basic human needs—e.g., food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and reasonable safety”
• finding that the purported affidavit was “problematic” despite its reference to 28 U.S.C. § 1746 because it was not expressly made under penalty of perjury
• explaining that the Constitution mandates that prison officials satisfy inmates’ “basic human needs—e.g., food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and reasonable safety”
• explaining that the Constitution mandates that prison officials satisfy inmates’ “basic human needs—e.g., food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and reasonable safety”
• stating that the mere fact that the food is unvaried or cold does not give rise to a constitutional violation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).