Legal Aid Society v. Ward

The appellant commissioner determined that both Thomas McCreary and Naomi Burns, employees of the Legal Aid Society, posed security risks and should be excluded from city correctional facilities. The respondent, the Legal Aid Society, asserted that the commissioner’s determinations were in violation of “Minimum Standards” promulgated by the Board of Correction and filed an administrative appeal with the board. On December 17,1980, the board rendered an opinion in which it concluded that the minimum standards were “promulgated in rules and regulations [and are] binding on the Department of…