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INMATES OF ATTICA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY v. ROCKEFELLER

No. A-385.

404 U.S. 809 (1971)

INMATES OF ATTICA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY v. ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 12, 1971.

Application for temporary restraining order or injunction presented to MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL, and by him referred to the Court, denied.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, dissenting.

Applicants, state prisoners currently incarcerated at Attica State Prison,1 brought a class action in the District Court, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343 (3), alleging systematic violations of their constitutional rights by prison officials...

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