Legal Opinion
Sostre v. Otis
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 28, 1971No. 70 Civ. 1114PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:*
In this action arising under the federal Civil Rights Law, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff, Martin Sostre, seeks an order enjoining the supervisory personnel at Wallkill Correctional Facility, where Sostre is incarcerated pursuant to a 30 to 40-year sentence for a narcotics offense, from interfering with his receipt of literature which he has ordered through the mails. Sostre commenced the action in March 1970 seeking an in*942junction and $20,000 damages, naming as defendants the former warden of Wallkill, the late Charles L. McKendrick, and the former Commissioner of…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Freedman v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Price v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Carroll v. President & Commissioners of Princess AnneSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sostre v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Battle v. AndersonDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1974
- Collins v. SchoonfieldDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1972
- James Newkirk v. Harold N. Butler, Superintendent, of Wallkill Correctional Facility, and Peter Preiser, Commissioner of Correctional ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Gary D. Carpenter v. State of South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Laaman v. HancockDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1972
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