Farmer V. Brennan
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| Date decided | 1994 |
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| Ruling court | Supreme Court of the United States |
| Citations | U. S. |
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| Prior history | U. S. |
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| ID | 564788 |
About Farmer V. Brennan
Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U. S. 825, was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a prison official's "deliberate indifference" to a substantial risk of serious harm to an inmate violates the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment.