NICHOLAS

v.

FENTON, WARDEN, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Rummel v. Estelle, 445 U.S. 263 (U.S. 1980)
  …n cruel and unusual punishments of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected Rummel’s claim, finding no unconstitutional disproportionality. We granted cer-tiorari, 441 U. S. 960, and now affirm. I In 1964 the State of Texas charged Rummel with fraudulent use of a credit card to obtain $80 worth of goods or services.2 Because the amount in question was greater than $50, the charged offense was a felony punishable by a mini…
• Martinez v. California, 444 U.S. 277 (U.S. 1980)
  …The trial judge sustained a demurrer to the complaint and his order was upheld on appeal. 85 Cal. App. 3d 430, 149 Cal. Rptr. 519 (1978). After the California Supreme Court denied appellants’ petition for a hearing, we noted probable jurisdiction. 441 U. S. 960. I Section 845.8 (a) of the Cal. Gov’t Code Ann. (West Supp. 1979) provides: “Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for: (a) Any injury resulting from determining whether to parole or release a prisoner or from determining the…
• Vitek v. Jones, 445 U.S. 480 (U.S. 1980)