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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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