Legal Opinion
Badgley v. Varelas
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 24, 1984No. Nos. 680, 690 and 691, Dockets 83-2345, 83-2357 and 83-2359PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns one of the most troublesome issues in the administration of criminal justice — prison overcrowding. Unlike so many cases now confronting federal and state courts, this case does not require determination of the maximum number of prisoners that may lawfully be confined in a single jail or prison. That maximum number has already been agreed to by those who run the jail at issue in this litigation. The problem now is how to bring the number of inmates down to the maximum number that was incorporated in a consent judgment entered more than three…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. Armour & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Lareau v. MansonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Harris v. PernsleyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Badgley v. VarelasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Albro v. County of Onondaga, NYDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1986
- Association for Retarded Citizens of Connecticut, Inc. v. ThorneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Benjamin v. MalcolmCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
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