Legal Opinion
Martarella Ex Rel. Schinitsky v. Kelley
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 5, 1973No. 71 Civ. 3159PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LASKER, District Judge.
This civil rights action is brought by children defined under § 732 of New York’s Family Court Act as Persons In Need of Supervision. They alleged that the conditions in which they are and have been held in the Juvenile Detention Centers of New York City, violate the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. After a non jury trial we held, by opinion filed October 16, 1972, that the physical conditions at Manida center were constitutionally inadequate, that they were adequate at Spofford, and that the issue as to Zerega, which had by then been closed, was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Charles Jones v. William Metzger, Homer RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Wyatt v. StickneyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1972
- Wyatt v. StickneyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1972
- New York State Ass'n for Retarded Children, Inc. v. RockefellerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1973
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Richard Franklin Miller v. Dale Carson, Individually and in His Capacity as Sheriff of Duval County, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Kenneth Donaldson v. J. B. O'connor, M.D. And John Gumanis, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Welsch v. LikinsDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1974
- Rust v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
- Morales v. TurmanDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1974
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