Cicenia v. Lagay

357 U.S. 504 (1958)

CICENIA

v.

LAGAY, SUPERINTENDENT, NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON FARM.

No. 177.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued April 2, 1958.

Decided June 30, 1958.

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT.

Dickinson R. Debevoise argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

C. William Caruso argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Grover C. Richman, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, and Charles V. Webb, Jr.

We are asked to reverse under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States a state…