Legal Opinion
Meriwether v. Coughlin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 30, 1989No. Nos. 821, 925, Dockets 88-2406, -2408PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Chief Judge:
This class action involves the claims of New York State prisoners that their civil rights were violated when they were transferred to different prisons and beaten in 1980. After a jury found for the plaintiffs on all of their claims, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Charles E. Stewart, Senior Judge, entered judgment n.o.v. in favor of the defendants on the plaintiffs’ First Amendment and due process claims. He accepted the verdict on their Eighth Amendment claim, but he set aside an award of punitive damages. Because the jury did not…
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