Estelle v. Gamble

Estelle v. Gamble
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 5, 1976 Decided November 30, 1976
Full case name	Estelle, Corrections Director, et al. v. J. W. Gamble
Citations	429 U.S. 97 (more) 97 S. Ct. 285; 50 L. Ed. 2d 251; 1976 U.S. LEXIS 175
Holding
In order to state a cognizable Section 1983 claim for a violation of Eighth Amendment rights, a prisoner must allege acts or omissions sufficiently harmful to evidence deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, and that medical malpractice did not rise to the level of "cruel and unusual punishment" simply because the victim was a prisoner.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan, Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell, Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Majority	Marshall, joined by Burger, Brennan, Stewart, White, Powell, Rehnquist
Concurrence	Blackmun
Dissent	Stevens

Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97 (1976), was a case decided by United States Supreme Court that held that in order to state a cognizable Section 1983 claim for a violation of Eighth Amendment rights, a prisoner must allege acts or omissions sufficiently harmful to evidence deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, and that medical malpractice did not rise to the level of "cruel and unusual punishment" simply because the victim was a prisoner.

See also

• Works related to Estelle v. Gamble at Wikisource
• United States Supreme Court cases involving mental health