Legal Opinion
Fisher v. Koehler
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 9, 1988No. 83 Civ. 2128 (MEL)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
In this action, plaintiffs, who are a class 1 of inmates at the New York City Correctional Institution for Men (“CIFM”), 2 have challenged the conditions of confinement at CIFM on many grounds, of which rampant violence, both between inmates and between staff and inmates, is one of the most significant and distressing.' After a long trial on a motion for a permanent injunction on the separate issue of violence at CIFM and its causes, it is determined that plaintiffs have established that violence at CIFM, both inmate-inmate and staff-inmate, has reached proportions that…
2Cases cited56 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Whitley v. AlbersSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Taylor v. FreemanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- Frank James v. Milwaukee County and Franklin LotterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Madrid v. GomezDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1995
- Taylor v. FreemanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- Santiago v. MilesDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1991
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