ROBERTSON

v.

CALIFORNIA

Citator

Cited By

• Hudson v. McMILLIAN, 503 U.S. 1 (U.S. 1992)
  …corresponding physical harm — that might prove to be cruel and unusual punishment. See, e. g., Wisniewski v. Kennard, 901 F. 2d 1276, 1277 (CA5) (guard placing a revolver in inmate’s mouth and threatening to blow prisoner’s head off), cert. denied, 498 U. S. 926 (1990). The issue was not presented here, because Hudson did not allege that he feared that the beating incident would be repeated or that it had caused him anxiety and depression. See App. 29. As the Court makes clear, the Eighth Amendment prohibi…
• Harris v. Garner, 216 F.3d 970 (11th Cir. 2000)
  …sical harm — that might prove to be cruel and unusual punishment.” He cited as an example, "Wisniewski v. Kennard, 901 F. 2d 1276, 1277 (5th Cir.) (guard plaining revolver in inmate’s mouth and threatening to blow prisoner's head off), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 926, 111 S.Ct. 309, 112 L.Ed.2d 262 (1990).” Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S. 1, 16, 112 S.Ct. 995, 1004, 117 L.Ed.2d 156 (1992) (Blackmun, J., concurring). . As opposed to the majority's somewhat exotic hypothetical where a prisoner is confined, and then…
• Resolution Tr. Corp. for Pioneer Fed. Sav. Bank v. United Tr. Fund, Inc., 57 F.3d 1025 (11th Cir. 1995)
  …ssuer must honor the engagement to pay upon presentation of proper documents regardless of the beneficiary's performance of underlying contract. See Republic Nat. Bank v. Fidelity & Deposit Co., 894 F. 2d 1255, 1258 n. 4 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 926, 111 S.Ct. 308, 112 L.Ed.2d 261 (1990). . See also, Lisa G. Weinberg, Note, Letter of Credit Litigation — Bank Liability for Punitive Damages, 54 Fordham L.Rev. 909, 909 (1986) (“Without the letter [of credit], the customer could withhold payment…