[DOWNLOAD] "Regina Cooper Et Al. v. Lucien A. Morin" by Court of Appeals of New York ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Regina Cooper Et Al. v. Lucien A. Morin
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 19, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
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This appeal requires that we pass upon the rights of persons incarcerated pending trial of criminal charges against them; specifically, whether a pretrial detainee has a right to contact visitation with her family; whether, if so, such a visit may be limited to 10 minutes; whether the penalties imposed for infraction of rules for behavior of jail inmates must be related to particular offenses. A subsidiary issue is whether plaintiffs are entitled to attorneys fees. We hold that pretrial detainees are entitled to contact visits of reasonable duration as a matter of State, though not of Federal, constitutional right, but are not entitled to a revision of the jail system of discipline under either the Federal or the State Constitution, their rights in that respect being adequately protected by available review procedures. On the subsidiary issue, we hold that neither under the Civil Rights Attorneys Fees Awards Act of 1976 (US Code, tit 42, ร§ 1988) nor under CPLR 909 are plaintiffs entitled to attorneys fees.