Legal Opinion
Vargas v. Correa
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 3, 1976No. 74 Civ. 1257 (JMC)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CANNELLA, District Judge:
In this action for damages brought by Fernando Vargas (a prison inmate) against Pablo Correa (a prison guard) and the City of New York (Correa’s employer), the Court finds for the plaintiff and against the defendant (Correa) in that Vargas’ constitutional rights as protected by 42 U.S.C. § 1983 were violated when Correa physically attacked him.
THE FACTS
The Court finds the facts in this case to be as follows: On February 10, 1974, plaintiff Fernando Vargas (then serving concurrent sentences of twenty (20) years upon a conviction of manslaughter and seven (7)…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Johnson v. GlickCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Moor v. County of AlamedaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Scott Emerson Felix v. Daniel J. McCarthy Director of the Department of Corrections P.J. Morris J. Campoy Daniel Vasquez Morris, Lt.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- Stavitz v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Zeller v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1979
- Tomarkin v. WardDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Gambling v. CornishDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1977
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