Legal Opinion
Repetti v. Gil
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 25, 1975PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBertram Harnett, J.
Today we pull at the fibers of two of the law’s more careless weavings: the arrest of a man for purely civil (not criminal) misdeeds, and, the unequal treatment of people solely because of their sex. Each represents centuries of activity on the loom of individual liberty and social convention.
Traditional wisdom would have it that our jails are reserved for those properly accused or convicted of crimes. In the Anglo Saxon jurisprudence of yore, the imprisonment of debtors in purely civil disputes was common. But, through the years, the valuation of human liberty over commercial concerns has…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by2 opinions
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