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Rhodes v. Chapman
Keywords prison conditions; Eighth Amendment; unnecessary pain; wanton pain; disproportionate; crime severity(1981)
Inmates of Allegheny Cty. Jail v. Pierce
Keywords pretrial detainees; jail conditions; contact visits; methadone; psychiatric care; constitutional violations; inadequate staffing; federal case; court ruling; remanded(1979)
Bell v. Wolfish
Keywords Due Process Clause; pretrial detainees; punishment; conviction; restrictions(1979)
New York City Transit Authority v. Beazer
Keywords methadone users; Equal Protection Clause; employment discrimination; disability discrimination; substance use; legal precedent; employment law(1979)
Todaro v. Ward
Keywords prison medical care; deliberate indifference; systemic failures; constitutional claim; negligence; delays(1977)
Whalen v. Roe
Keywords privacy rights; prescription drug registry; patient data; data storage; drug misuse; privacy violation(1977)
Estelle v. Gamble
Keywords Estelle v. Gamble; 8th Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; prisoner medical needs; deliberate indifference; medical negligence; prisoner rights(1976)
United States v. Moore
Keywords Controlled Substances Act; methadone; addiction treatment; medical practice(1975)
Ravin v. State
Keywords right to privacy; marijuana; personal use; home use; compelling state interest; adult use(1975)
People v. Broadie
Keywords mandatory life sentence; narcotics sales; 8th Amendment; unconstitutionally disproportionate; drug offenses; severe penalties; inflexible penalties; drug sentencing(1975)
United States v. Bass
Keywords Demerol addiction; insanity defense; federal case; Bass case; drug addiction; sanity; conviction; expert testimony; government; rebuttal(1974)
Cudnik v. Kreiger
Keywords pretrial detainees; methadone treatment; due process; methadone programs; jail officials; inmate healthcare(1974)
United States v. Kiffer
Keywords Schedule I; Marijuana; distribution(1973)
State v. Kanter
Keywords marijuana possession; narcotics; due process; equal protection; privacy; autonomy; criminalization(1972)
People v. Lorentzen
Keywords mandatory minimum sentence; marijuana sale; cruel and unusual punishment; disproportionality; nonviolent offender; rehabilitation; shorter sentences; drug sentencing(1972)