Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Harold Walker v. Vincent R. Mancusi, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 20, 1972No. 870, Docket 72-1081PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
Appellants are inmates of the Attica Correctional Facility who have been segregated from the general inmate population of that prison in a special housing unit known as “A Block, 6 Company.” In a class suit brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 they contend that the segregation violates their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Invoking the district court’s jurisdiction under 28 U. S.C. §§ 1331, 1343, 1361, 2201 and 26 U.S.C. § 7402, they have sought declaratory, injunctive and mandamus relief directed toward securing their release into the general prison…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Hannah v. LarcheSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Sostre v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Inmates of the Attica Correctional Facility v. Nelson Rockefeller, Governor, State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Kenneth Graham v. J. T. Willingham, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, KansasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Fred M. Anderson and Wayne Nelson, Fred M. Anderson v. Thomas Coughlin, Commissioner, New York State Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- McKinnon v. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- LaReau v. MacDougallCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- John McCann Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. T. Coughlin, Iii, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- McKINNON v. PATTERSONCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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