Legal Opinion
Palermo v. Oswald
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 22, 1976No. 70 Civ. 3705PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRIESA, District Judge.
This action was commenced in 1970 at a time when plaintiffs Palermo and Saltzman were both New York State prisoners. They sued various defendants seeking damages and an order that they be released from prison and certain other relief.
The complaint was brought under 42 U.S.C., Sections 1983 and 1985, alleging violations of plaintiffs’ constitutional rights. Basically, the allegation was that Queens County District Attorney Mackell and other officials, including members of the New York Parole Board, had participated in making an agreement in October 1969 with…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Preiser v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Palermo v. RockefellerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
- United States v. Commissioner of Correction of State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. BartleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- Taylor v. KavanaghDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- United States ex rel. Caban v. RoweDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1978
- Mosiurchak v. SenkowskiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1993