Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Hyde v. McGinnis
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 19, 1970No. 833, Docket 31265PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN,. Circuit Judge:
Robert R. Hyde, formerly a prisoner at Clinton State Prison, seeks damages under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for allegedly inadequate medical treatment furnished by the State through its employees at the prison. Specifically Hyde seeks $75,000 from defendant McGinnis, Commissioner of Corrections of the State of New York, $65,000 from defendant Jameson, a doctor at Clinton Prison, and $15,000 from defendant MeMann, Warden of the prison. The district judge, holding that Hyde’s suit was only “an ordinary negligence action masquerading under the Civil…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 CahokiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gardner v. Toilet Goods Assn., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Adolph G. Hoffman v. C. H. Halden, Dr. Donald E. Wair, Dr. G. F. Keller and Dr. F. Sydney HansenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by72 opinions
- White v. NapoleonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
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- Nathaniel Williams v. Leon J. Vincent, Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Sonds v. St. Barnabas Hospital Correctional Health ServicesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2001
- Louis Martinez v. Vincent R. Mancusi, Warden, Attica Prison, Dr. Williams, Dr. Stamburg, and Nurse Hoffman, Attica PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
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