Legal Opinion
Wells v. McGinnis
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 6, 1972No. 70 Civ. 5357PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GURFEIN, District Judge.
This is a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985 and the First, Fourth, Sixth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1343. All of the alleged violations of the plaintiff’s rights took place when he was an inmate at Green Haven Correctional Facility or the Brooklyn House of Detention.
The complaint demands fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) damages and injunctive relief barring further violations of the plaintiff’s rights and directing his release on parole. The…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- WILWORDING Et Al. v. SWENSON, WARDENSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Sostre v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Paul Rhodes v. Clarence A. H. Meyer, Paul Rhodes v. Richard M. Van SteenbergCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Juan G. Morales v. Wilbur J. SchmidtCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- United States ex rel. Haymes v. MontanyeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Schumate v. People of State of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- Lathan v. OswaldDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973
- Mayberry v. SomnerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
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