Payton v. Vaughn

How courts have described this case

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

• “All that a prison is required constitutionally to give an inmate is a minimal civilized measure of life’s necessities.” (citation omitted)
• “The Plaintiff has alleged that the prison conditions at SCIG were unpleasant, however, unpleasant prison conditions in and of themselves do not state a cognizable eighth amendment claim.”
• “Embarrassment alone because of casual observance by others does not offend the constitution.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).