Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Haymes v. Montanye
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 4, 1974No. 20, Docket 74-1208PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:
It is clear beyond cavil that American prisons have failed dismally to fulfill the ambition of contemporary penologists that prisoners should be treated and rehabilitated. Although it is impossible to deny that many are sentenced to prison as punishment, however, we cannot condone the idea that the mere fact of incarceration permits a prisoner to be punished at the whim of those charged with his confinement. Rodney Haymes, formerly an inmate at New York’s Attica Correctional Facility, initiated this § *9781983 action seeking damages for the confiscation of a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Johnson v. AverySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Sostre v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Douglas Gomes v. Anthony P. TravisonoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by23 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Tyrone B. Larkins v. Russell G. Oswald, Commissioner of Corrections of New York StateCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Zachary Morgan v. Ernest Montanye, Warden of Attica State Prison, Correction Officer Steggs, Etal.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Rodney R. Haymes v. Ernest L. Montanye, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility and Smith, Deputy Superintendent, Attica Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Frazier v. WardDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1977
- Nathaniel Dudley, Individually, and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. D. Lamar StewartCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
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