Legal Opinion
Turpin v. Mailet
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 5, 1978No. 317, Docket 77-7345PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:
With the ratification of the fourteenth amendment in 1868, Congress and the judiciary embarked on a century-long journey to transform the mere words of the amendment into an instrument capable of protecting those injured by illegal state action. The legislative branch moved first and with dispatch in enacting the Civil Rights Bill of 1871, whose overarching provisions charted broad expanses of the new constitutional territory. Courts, on the other hand, through the characteristically measured process that marks the restrained exercise of judicial power,…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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3Cited by76 opinions
- Thomas Turpin v. Joseph MailetCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Francis J. Dwyer v. Edward v. Regan, Individually and as Trustee and Administrative Head of the New York State Employees Retirement SystemCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- Owens v. HaasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Washington v. JamesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Fred Tarpley, Sr. v. Raymond J. GreeneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
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