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BENJAMIN v. MALCOLM

75 Civ. 3073 (MEL).

528 F.Supp. 925 (1981)

James BENJAMIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin J. MALCOLM, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

December 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Legal Aid Society, New York City, for plaintiffs; Theodore Katz and Jonathan Chasan, New York City, of counsel.

Allen G. Schwartz, Corp. Counsel of City of New York, New York City, for city defendants; Leonard Koerner, Paul Rephen, Commissioner Benjamin Ward, Deputy Commissioner Ellen Schall, New York City, of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., New York City, for state defendants; Eleanor Janosek Doyle, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Commissioner Thomas F. Coughlin, III, New York City, of counsel.

LASKER, District Judge.

This suit was commenced against New York City officials in 1975 by persons housed while awaiting trial at the House of Detention for Men on Rikers Island (HDM). They complained that the conditions under which they were held were constitutionally impermissible, and in particular that the institution was unconstitutionally overcrowded. In August of 1980, after five years of litigation which included a lengthy trial and substantial post-trial...

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