Legal Opinion
Valentine v. Englehardt
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided July 21, 1980No. Civ. A. 78-270PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STERN, District Judge.
In the final stage of this class action brought pursuant to Title 42 United States Code, § 1983, by the inmates of the Passaic County Jail, 1 the Court must decide whether the institution’s ban on contact visitation is constitutional. The Court has heard three days of testimony, received the Report and Recommendation of Special Master Edward J. Dauber, Esquire, 2 and reviewed the objections and comments of the parties with respect to the report. Under the circumstances existing in the Passaic County Jail, the Court finds the denial of contact visitation to be…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Leo F. Feeley, IV v. George Sampson, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Collins v. SchoonfieldDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1972
- Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. PierceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Valentine v. EnglehardtDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1979
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Dawson v. KendrickDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1981
- Smith v. CoughlinDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1983
- Ybarra v. Nevada Board of State Prison CommissionersDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1981
- Neal v. CamperMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983