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MATTER OF BRYANT v. COUGHLIN

77 N.Y.2d 642 (1991)

In the Matter of Victor Bryant, Appellant, et al., Petitioners, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, Respondent. In the Matter of Roberto Suvill et al., Petitioners, and Sandy Serrano, Appellant, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 30, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lois Goland and David C. Leven for appellant in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Lee A. Davis, Karen L. Murtagh-Monks and David C. Leven for appellant in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Martin A. Hotvet, O. Peter Sherwood, Peter H. Schiff and Joseph Koczaja of counsel), for respondent in the first and second above-entitled proceedings.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, ALEXANDER, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur; Judge TITONE taking no part.

KAYE, J.

At issue in these appeals by two petitioner-inmates is the sufficiency of written reports — offered as substantial evidence of petitioners' violation of a disciplinary rule prohibiting participation in violent group conduct — charging that all inmates present in the mess hall at dinnertime actively participated in a riot. We conclude that, without some specificity as to the offensive conduct...

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