Legal Opinion
Preiser v. Rodriguez
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 7, 1973No. 71-1369PublishedCited by 10,137 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
The respondents in this case were state prisoners who were deprived of good-conduct-time credits by the New York State Department of Correctional Services as a result of disciplinary proceedings. They then brought actions in a federal district court, pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U. S. C. § 1983. Alleging that the Department had acted unconstitutionally in depriving them of the credits, they sought injunctive relief to compel restoration of the credits, which in each case would result in their immediate release from confinement in *477prison. The question before us is whether state…
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