Legal Opinion
Sero v. Oswald
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 25, 1972No. 72 Civ. 778PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LASKER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, Lois Sero, Vanessa Carney and Rita Varner, are inmates of Bed-ford Hills Correctional Facility. Defendants are the Commissioner of New York State Correctional Services, the warden of Bedford Hills and the Governor of the State. Although convicted of crimes which carry a maximum sentence for adults of one year or less, plaintiffs are serving reformatory terms of up to four years pursuant to Sections 75.00 and 75.10, subd. 1 of the New York Penal Law and are deprived of the good behavior allowances provided non-reformatory inmates by §§ 803 and 804…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- McGautha v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Johnson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by10 opinions
- People v. OlivasCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- United States Ex Rel. Lois Sero v. Peter PreiserCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Brown v. CarlsonDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1977
- Morgan v. Laborers Pension Trust Fund for Northern CaliforniaDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1979
- People ex rel. Cromwell v. WardenNew York Supreme Court · 1973
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