Legal Opinion
Ruffler v. Phelps Memorial Hospital
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 13, 1978No. 77 Civ. 402PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GAGLIARDI, District Judge.
Plaintiff John M. Ruffler commenced this civil rights action to recover damages for his allegedly involuntary and unlawful hospitalization by defendants Phelps Memorial Hospital (Phelps), Grasslands Hospital (Grasslands) and New York Hospital. Plaintiff claims that all of the defendants, while acting under color of state law, subjected him to physical mistreatment and deprived him of his liberty without due process, thus denying him his constitutional and civil rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Jurisdiction is alleged to exist under 28 U.S.C. § 1331,…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Harvey v. HarveyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- Harvey v. HarveyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Rubenstein v. Benedictine HospitalDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1992
- Davenport v. Saint Mary HospitalDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1986
- Vega v. FoxDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2006
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