Roots v. Woodall

How courts have described this case

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

• “Injunctive relief ... must be carefully tailored to remedy the alleged specific harm to the parties involved.”
• “This Court has clearly held that prisoners have a constitutional right to be free from . . . attacks by other inmates.”
• appellate courts \should be extremely hesitant\ to disturb damage awards for pain and suffering, as trial court has observed witnesses' demeanor and knows community and its standards
• if jury “could have concluded that many of the plaintiffs’ injuries would have occurred even if the defendant’s conduct had met constitutional standards,” then award of nominal damages is justified
• “The test is whether there is a substantial controversy between parties having adverse legal interests, of sufficient immediacy and reality to warrant the issuance of a declaratory judgment.”
• “The test is whether there is a substantial controversy between parties having adverse legal interests, of sufficient immediacy and reality to warrant the issuance of a declaratory judgment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).