Legal Opinion

Cooper v. Lombard

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided September 15, 1978PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Dillon, J.

This is a class action instituted by certain female inmates of the Monroe County Jail. The class certified by Special Term consists of all women inmates of the facility from February, 1974 until the resolution of the action. In 1974 and 1975, 92% of such inmates were pretrial detainees; the others were sentenced prisoners. Despite the difference in inmate status, the plaintiffs have focused upon the class as constituting pretrial detainees. The trial court considered plaintiffs’ arguments in that light, as do we.

Of the various conditions of plaintiffs’…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Cooper v. MorinNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. Friar v. Vanguard Holding Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
  3. Von Holden v. ChapmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  4. Young v. ToiaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
  5. People v. KennedyNew York Supreme Court · 1985

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