Legal Opinion
Benjamin v. Malcolm
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 25, 1986No. 15, Docket 86-2165PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
Governor Mario M. Cuomo and Thomas A. Coughlin III, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS), who are third-party defendants in this civil rights action by pre-trial detainees under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that overcrowded prison conditions in the House of Detention for Men (HDM) operated by the City of New York on Rikers Island1 violate their constitutional rights, appeal from an order of the Southern District of New York, Morris E. Lasker, J., joining them as defendants and directing them promptly to accept custody of each…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Singleton v. WulffSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Youngberg v. Romeo Ex Rel. RomeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Alberti v. KlevenhagenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
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- Ryan v. Dow Chemical Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1991
- Cutler v. 65 Security PlanDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1993
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