Legal Opinion
Koster v. Perales
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 12, 1985No. 82 Civ. 2892PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GLASSER, District Judge:
This is an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in which plaintiffs, needy families with children who reside in Nassau County, allege that defendants have either unlawfully denied them emergency shelter or have given them only substandard shelter in violation of federal and state law. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, costs and attorneys’ fees. Familiarity with this Court’s earlier denial of a motion to dismiss made by defendants D’Elia and Purcell (“the county defendants”) is presumed. See Koster v. Webb,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Sosna v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by15 opinions
- McNeill v. New York City Housing AuthorityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989
- Daniels v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2001
- Koster v. PeralesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Koster v. PeralesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Reynolds v. GiulianiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2000
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