Legal Opinion
Raymond Gilliard v. Russell Oswald, Commissioner of Correctional Services, and J. Edwin Lavallee, Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 16, 1977No. 532, Docket 76-2109PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Circuit Judge:
Defendants, Russell G. Oswald, Commissioner of Correctional Services and J. Edwin LaVallee, Superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility (hereinafter “Clinton”) appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, Raymond Gilliard, Francis Bloeth and John Suggs, inmates of Clinton at the time of the events herein described, awarding them $715, $748.25 and $740, respectively, as damages for their alleged “unconstitutional confinement in special housing units on and after February 23, 1973”. (App. 9). The case was tried to the Court. Jurisdiction is premised on 42 U.S.C. §…
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3Cited by18 opinions
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