Legal Opinion
Dorst v. Pataki
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 6, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Crew III, J.
Plaintiffs are five inmates at Albion Correctional Facility in Orleans County who commenced a CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking a declaration that defendant Governor’s Executive Order No. 5 (9 NYCRR 5.5), issued January 24, 1995, was unconstitutional. The Executive Order prevented the "future transfer to any temporary release program or residential treatment facility of any inmate sentenced as a violent felony offender convicted of a crime involving the infliction of serious physical injury, the use or threatened use of a dangerous instrument or the use or…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Cavaioli v. Board of Trustees of the State UniversityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
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