Legal Opinion
Rhem v. Malcolm
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 8, 1974No. 329, Docket 74-2072PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
In September 1970 — one month after an explosive riot at the Manhattan House of Detention for Men — several inmates brought a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against various New York City and State officials. The complaint alleged that conditions in the House of Detention, better known as the Tombs, denied plaintiffs and the class they represent their “fundamental constitutional rights.” In January 1974, after a trial which lasted several weeks, Judge Morris E. Lasker held that the…
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3Cited by117 opinions
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