Oyler v. Cleveland, C. C. & ST. L. RY. CO.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a prison treatment director and a prison warden could not be held liable for “the medical staff’s diagnostic decision not to refer [an inmate] to a doctor for treatment of his shoulder injury”
• stating that “a general responsibility for supervising the operations of a prison is insufficient to establish the personal involvement required to support liability”
• stating that “a general responsibility for supervising the operations of a prison is insufficient to establish the personal involvement required to support liability”
• stating that “a general responsibility for supervising the operations of a prison is insufficient to establish the personal involvement required to support liability”
• explaining that “a general responsibility for supervising the operations of a prison is insufficient to establish the personal involvement required to support liability”
• observing that appellate court reviews district court’s findings of fact under clearly erroneous standard

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).