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ESTELLE v. GAMBLE

No. 75-929.

429 U.S. 97 (1976)

97 S.Ct. 285

50 L.Ed.2d 251

ESTELLE, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR, ET AL. v. GAMBLE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bert W. Pluymen, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, argued the cause for petitioners pro hac vice. With him on the brief were John L. Hill, Attorney General, David M. Kendall, First Assistant Attorney General, and Joe B. Dibrell, Jr., Assistant Attorney General.

Daniel K. Hedges, by appointment of the Court, 425 U.S. 932, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent pro hac vice.

MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent J. W. Gamble, an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections, was injured on November 9, 1973, while performing a prison work assignment. On February 11, 1974, he instituted this civil rights action under 42 U. S. C. § 1983,1 complaining of the treatment he received after the injury. Named as defendants were the petitioners, W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director of the Department...

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