Legal Opinion
Barrett v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 8, 1985No. 76 Civ. 381 (CBM)PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOTLEY, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Elizabeth Barrett has commenced this civil rights action both individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Harold Blauer. Her causes of action against the various defendants arise out of the death of Mr. Blauer in January, 1953 after his fifth injection of a mescaline derivative drug. Twenty years after settling a wrongful death action brought against the State of New York in 1955, plaintiff was advised for the first time that the drug was supplied and administered as part of a drug experimentation program undertaken by the United States. Following…
2Cases cited88 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Barrett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
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- Dimon Inc. v. Folium, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1999
- Nelson v. StahlDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2001
- Barrett v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1987
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