Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Meskill
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided June 3, 1974No. Civ. N-74-25PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This is a suit brought by an inmate of the Connecticut Correctional Institution at Cheshire, challenging on due process grounds the procedures used by the State to determine whether he is to receive compensation for injuries sustained in a shop accident. He seeks an order entitling him to an administrative hearing, and, in effect, is moving to enjoin the operation of the compensation statute, Conn.Gen.Stat. § 18-95, for lack of such a hearing. He therefore seeks a three-judge court under 28 U.S.C. § 2281. Cf. Kelly v. Wyman, 294 F.Supp. 893…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- SAMUELS Et Al. v. MACKELL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF QUEENS COUNTY, Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Fleck v. SpannausDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1976
- Vail v. QuinlanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1975
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- Ransom v. BallouDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1975