Legal Opinion
Cicero v. Olgiati
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 17, 1976No. 75 Civ. 2059PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
This suit by prisoners in New York State correctional facilities challenges the standards and methods by which the New York State Board of Parole (Parole Board) grants or denies parole on the ground that they are so arbitrary as to violate the requirements of due process. At issue is the constitutionality of the statute (on its face and as applied) which specifies the basis for parole release, New York Correction Law § 213. Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that § 213 is unconstitutional on its face because it is “incapable of being applied rationally, fairly,…
2Cases cited91 opinions
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3Cited by32 opinions
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