Legal Opinion
Morfesis v. Department of Housing Preservation & Development
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 29, 1990No. 90 CIV. 1181 (LBS)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAND, District Judge.
This reinstated petition 1 for a writ of habeas corpus squarely presents one question: does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution require personal delivery of process to an alleged criminal con-*746temnor? Andonis Morfesis was charged with violation of seven separate orders of a New York Civil Court Housing judge to provide heat and hot water to seven buildings in the Bronx. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development of the City of New York (“HPD”) served motions for criminal contempt on Morfesis pursuant to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Cooke v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Hicks Ex Rel. Feiock v. FeiockSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. KimmesDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1991
- New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development v. OutramAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1994