McNULTY v. CHINLUND


62 A.D.2d 682 (1978)

John J. McNulty, Jr., as Sheriff of Albany County, et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. Stephen Chinlund et al., Constituting The New York State Commission of Correction, Appellants-Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

June 15, 1978


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (James E. Morgan and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for appellants-respondents.

Peter R. Kehoe for respondents-appellants.

William E. Hellerstein, Michael B. Mushlin and Nancy Lee for the Legal Aid Society Prisoners' Rights Project, amicus curiae.

David Rudenstine for New York Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

MAHONEY, P. J., SWEENEY, LARKIN and HERLIHY, JJ., concur.


STALEY, JR., J.

In this action for a declaratory judgment, 51 County Sheriffs seek to enjoin the enforcement of Parts 7004, 7008, 7023, 7024, 7025 and 7026 of the regulations of the New York State Commission of Correction which concern prisoner correspondence, visitation, access to media, religion, packages, and printed material and publications. These regulations, adopted pursuant to subdivision 6 of section...

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