Legal Opinion
Bruno v. Codd
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 10, 1979PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
This appeal brings before us so much of an action for declaratory and injunctive relief as was brought by 12 "battered wives”1 against clerks of the Family Court in New York City and officials of the New York City Department of Probation, each individually and as a defendant class representative. In a nutshell, the gravamen of their complaint is that probation and Family Court nonjudicial personnel, with the knowledge and either the tacit consent or express approval of *586their supervisors, engage in a pattern of conduct calculated (1) to deter battered wives…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- New York Public Interest Research Group, Inc. v. CareyNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Jones v. BeameNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- People ex rel. Clapp v. ListmanNew York Supreme Court · 1903
- People ex rel. Clapp v. ListmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Bruno v. CoddNew York Supreme Court · 1977
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3Cited by20 opinions
- State v. KellySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1984
- Friar v. Vanguard Holding Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Thurman v. City of TorringtonDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1984
- Grant v. CuomoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- New York County Lawyers' Ass'n v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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