Legal Opinion
Rosado v. Civiletti
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 23, 1980No. Nos. 980-982, Dockets 80-2001 to 80-2003PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:
The proud heritage of the Anglo-American judicial system as a bastion of individual liberties is founded, in no small measure, upon the citizen’s enduring right of access to courts of law to challenge unwarranted governmental infringements upon his freedom. When all other avenues of relief have been closed, our nation’s courts have consistently vindicated the fundamental guaranties of due process of law by invoking their general jurisdiction, either to review executive action otherwise deemed final, or to free those unlawfully restrained through the issuance of…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- United States of America, Plaintif-Appellee v. Biagio Cirrincione and Tom CirrincioneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Robert L. RhodesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- In the Matter of Extradition of John Edward Burt to the Federal Republic of GermanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Moyer Reed Plaster v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
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