Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Sellars Et Al. v. Beto, Corrections Director
409 U.S. 968
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1972-10-24
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that conditions in which inmates could bathe only three times a week, and where the inmates received toilet paper, toothbrush, and toothpaste, were not so unsanitary to rise to the level of a Eighth Amendment violation
- solitary confinement, in cell 24 hours a day, only fed bread and water, no mattress
- the state carries the burden of proving the adequacy of its legal assistance programs
Citator
UpLaw has not yet analyzed Sellars Et Al. v. Beto, Corrections Director. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.
- Cited by
- 32 opinions
C. A. 5th Cir. Motion of National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae granted. Certiorari denied.