Legal Opinion
Royster v. McGinnis
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 23, 1971No. 70 Civ. 4365PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LASKER, District Judge.
Two New York State prisoners have brought this class action seeking a declaratory judgment that Section 230(3) of the New York Correction Law, McKinney’s Consol.Laws, c. 43, under which their “good time” was computed, is unconstitutional and an injunction against the alleged discriminatory practices pursued by defendants in application of that statute.
Plaintiffs attack the constitutionality of the provision in § 230(3) which denies state prisoners good time credit for the period of their pre-sentence incarceration in county jail. They contend that the denial of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Cooper v. PateSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Lawrence William Wright v. Daniel McMann as Warden of Clinton State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Theodore X. A. Sewell v. Paul F. Pegelow, Etc., Joseph X. Watson v. Paul F. Pegelow, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by13 opinions
- McGinnis v. RoysterSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- People v. OlivasCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- Edward Allen Mead v. Jacob J. Parker, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- White v. GilliganDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1972
- In Re YoungCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1973
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