Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail v. Eisenstadt

Decided July 6, 1973. Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

360 F. Supp. 676 · Cited 104 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Brenneman v. Madigan · 343 F. Supp. 128
• Hamilton v. Love · 328 F. Supp. 1182
• Jones v. Wittenberg · 323 F. Supp. 93
• Collins v. Schoonfield · 344 F. Supp. 257
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Bryant v. Hendrick · 444 Pa. 83
• Holt v. Sarver · 309 F. Supp. 362
• Wyatt v. Stickney · 344 F. Supp. 387

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• Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail · 502 U.S. 367
• Palmigiano v. Garrahy · 443 F. Supp. 956
• Miller v. Carson · 401 F. Supp. 835
• Dillard v. Pitchess · 399 F. Supp. 1225
• Moore v. Janing · 427 F. Supp. 567
• Welsch v. Likins · 373 F. Supp. 487
• Owens-El v. Robinson · 442 F. Supp. 1368
• Martinez Rodriguez v. Jimenez · 409 F. Supp. 582
• Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail v. Kearney · 734 F. Supp. 561
• United States Ex Rel. Wolfish v. Levi · 406 F. Supp. 1243
• Tyrrell v. Taylor · 394 F. Supp. 9
• Rhem v. Malcolm · 371 F. Supp. 594
• United States Ex Rel. Wolfish v. Levi · 439 F. Supp. 114
• Kesselbrenner v. Anonymous · 33 N.Y.2d 161
• Attorney General v. Sheriff of Suffolk County · 477 N.E.2d 361
• Nadeau v. Helgemoe · 423 F. Supp. 1250
• Rodríguez-Borton v. Pereira-Castillo · 593 F. Supp. 2d 399
• Bell v. Wolfish · 441 U.S. 520
• Rhodes v. Chapman · 452 U.S. 337
• Pugh v. Locke · 406 F. Supp. 318
• Commonwealth v. Bruno · 432 Mass. 489
• Battle v. Anderson · 376 F. Supp. 402
• Alberti v. Sheriff of Harris County, Texas · 406 F. Supp. 649
• Chapman v. Rhodes · 434 F. Supp. 1007

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