Legal Opinion
Gomez v. Miller
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 7, 1971No. 71 Civ. 2411PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs are persons who have been indicted for felonies but not yet tried because they have been found to be incompetent to stand trial and confined 1 to Matteawan State Hospital under the provisions of § 662-b of the New York Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP). They bring this civil rights class action to declare the statute and its successor, art. 730 of the Criminal Procedure Law (CPL), McKinney’s Consol.Laws, c. 11-A unconstitutional, and for injunctive relief. Jurisdiction is predicated on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343(3), 2201 and 2202, the Fourteenth Amendment to, and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Butchers' Benevolent Ass'n v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing & Slaughter-House Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Sostre v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Greenwood v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States of America Ex Rel. Roy Schuster, Relator-Appellant v. Ross E. Herold, M.D., Director of Dannemora State Hospital, Dannemora, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by4 opinions
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