Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Cox v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
417 U.S. 977
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1974-06-17
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that administration of tranquilizing drugs to juveniles without trying measures short of medication and without adequate medical guidance constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of Eighth Amendment
- experiments with mind-altering drugs on prisoners in state mental facility is actionable under § 1983
- juveniles who were involuntarily committed— one-third for non-criminal offenses — to a correctional institution have a constitutional right to rehabilitative treatment
- Supreme Court of the United States denying certiorari, “it appearing that the judgment below rests upon an adequate state ground”
- no Travel Act violation based on accepting a check that cleared through an out-of-state Federal Reserve Bank
- perjury and tax evasion counts against one defendant properly joined to counts relating to underlying claim of bribery against both defendants, because evidence of former counts pertinent to latter
- warrant for search of apartment not sufficient to justify search of apartment visitor’s suitcase
- certiorari denied, "it appearing that judgment below rests upon an adequate state ground"
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 419 opinions
C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.
Mr. Justice Powell took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.