1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 926 F.2d
  5. 926 F.2d 235 (1991)
 

AL-JUNDI v. MANCUSI

Nos. 686-688, Dockets 90-2287, 90-2289 and 90-2291.

926 F.2d 235 (1991)

Akil AL-JUNDI, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Vincent MANCUSI, Karl Pfeil, Russell G. Oswald, Defendants-Appellants, The Estate of Nelson A. Rockefeller, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Stenger, Buffalo, N.Y. (Kathy R. Lamb, Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, Buffalo, N.Y., on the brief), for defendant-appellant Oswald.

Richard E. Moot, Buffalo, N.Y. (Darryl J. Colosi and Judith M. Bell, Moot & Sprague, Buffalo, N.Y., on the brief), for defendant-appellant Mancusi.

Irving C. Maghran, Jr., Buffalo, N.Y. (Mahgran, McCarthy & Flynn, Buffalo, N.Y., on the brief), for defendant-appellant Pfeil.

Elizabeth M. Fink, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Dennis Cunningham, Brooklyn, N.Y. and Michael E. Deutsch, Chicago, Ill., on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN, NEWMAN and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

The issue on this appeal is whether three senior corrections officials of the State of New York are entitled to avoid trial, on grounds of qualified immunity, in a suit brought by victims of the violence that occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in 1971. See Inmates of Attica Correctional Facility v. Rockefeller, 453 F.2d 12, 22-24 (2d Cir.1971) (granting preliminary injunction restraining...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases