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ALABAMA v. PUGH

No. 77-1107.

438 U.S. 781 (1978)

ALABAMA ET AL. v. PUGH ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided July 3, 1978.

PER CURIAM.

Respondents, inmates or former inmates of the Alabama prison system, sued petitioners, who include the State of Alabama and the Alabama Board of Corrections as well as a number of Alabama officials responsible for the administration of its prisons, alleging that conditions in Alabama prisons constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The United States District Court agreed and issued an order prescribing...

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