Legal Opinion
Donald Wallace v. Michael Kern
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 4, 1974No. 1074, Docket 74-1434PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Circuit Judge:
In July 1972 a committee of inmates awaiting trial or sentencing in the Brooklyn House of Detention for Men brought a class action pro se in the District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The defendants were six individual Justices of the New York Supreme Court, all of whom presided in criminal cases in Brooklyn. The plaintiffs alleged that the district court had jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1343 (1970). In substance, they prayed for interlocutory and permanent relief under section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970), restraining the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. EwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Smith v. HooeySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Karriem Thorne, Appellee-Petitioner v. Warden, Brooklyn House of Detention for Men, Appellant-RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Liistro v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1976
- United States v. Martin L. Baumgarten, United States of America v. Randolph E. Gould, United States of America v. Richard L. StanleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
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