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RHODES v. CHAPMAN

No. 80-332.

452 U.S. 337 (1981)

101 S.Ct. 2392

69 L.Ed.2d 59

RHODES, GOVERNOR OF OHIO, ET AL. v. CHAPMAN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen P. Adler, Assistant Attorney General of Ohio, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were William J. Brown, Attorney General, and Leo J. Conway, Assistant Attorney General.

Jean P. Kamp argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief were Louis A. Jacobs and Bruce A. Campbell.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by John A. Krichbaum for the American Medical Association et al.; and by Quin Denvir and Laurance S. Smith for the State Public Defender of California.

Solicitor General McCree filed a brief for the United States as amicus curiae.

JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented is whether the housing of two inmates in a single cell at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility is cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.

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Respondents Kelly Chapman and Richard Jaworski are inmates at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF), a maximum-security state prison in Lucasville...

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