ESTELLE, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR, et al. v. GAMBLE (1976)

ESTELLE, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR, et al. v. GAMBLE
	Term: 1976
Important Dates
	Argued: October 5, 1976
	Decided: November 30, 1976
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

ESTELLE, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR, et al. v. GAMBLE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 30, 1976. The case was argued before the court on October 5, 1976.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Texas Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty (cf. liability, civil rights acts)
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Texas
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 429 U.S. 97
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.