· 1/24/1975
United States of America Ex Rel. Tyrone B. Larkins v. Russell G. Oswald, Commissioner of Corrections of New York State
Citations
- 510 F.2d 583
How courts have described this case
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- jury award of $1,000 was “not ‘so grossly excessive as to shock the judicial conscience’ ” in a case where an inmate was held in segregation for twelve days in violation of Sostre
- Corrections 18 Commissioner liable for unwarranted solitary confinement of inmate
- jury verdict of $1,000.00 for 12 days of solitary confinement
- jury verdict of $1,000.00 for 12 days of solitary confinement
- right to retain Black Panther Party documents in one’s cell
- $1,000 for twelve days in isolation not excessive
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Judges: Waterman, Oakes, Gurfein
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