Legal Opinion
Graseck v. Mauceri
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 7, 1978No. 920, Docket 77-7572PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to determine whether conduct of a fundamentally private institution challenged on constitutional grounds constitutes “state action”, one of the more slippery and troublesome areas of civil rights litigation. Appellant brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 19831 and its jurisdictional counterpart, 28 U.S.C. § 1343, alleging that his discharge by the Legal Aid
Society of Suffolk County, New York (the Society), violated the First, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. He sought a declaratory judgment, reinstatement and back pay. The United States District Court…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Flagg Bros., Inc. v. BrooksSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Burton v. Wilmington Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Moose Lodge No. 107 v. IrvisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Gallagher v. Neil Young Freedom ConcertCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- Gilliard v. New York Public Library SystemDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Graseck v. MauceriCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- John Pavolini v. Bard-Air Corp. And the Barden Robeson CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Kirshner v. GoldbergDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1981
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