Haywood v. Drown

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
07-10374	N.Y. Court of Appeals	Dec 3, 2008	May 26, 2009	5-4	Stevens	OT 2008

Issue: Whether a state law barring state courts from hearing damages actions against corrections officers violates the Supremacy Clause by not permitting adjudication of claims under 42 USC 1983.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens on May 26, 2009.

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Briefs and Documents

Merit briefs

Brief for Petitioner Keith Haywood
Brief for Respondent Curtis Drown, et al.
Reply Brief for Petitioner Keith Haywood

Amicus briefs

Brief for Professors of Constitutional Law and Federal Jurisdiction in Support of Petitioner
Brief for Legal Services of New York, Prisoners Rights Project, the New York State Defenders Association, the Center for Community Alternatives, Prison Legal News, the Uptown Peopleâ€™s Law Center, Jerome N. Frank, the Legal Services Organization of Yale Law School, and the Civil Rights Clinic of New York University School of Law in Support of Petitioner

Certiorari-Stage Documents

Opinion below (Court of Appeals of New York)
Petition for certiorari
Brief in opposition
Petitionerâ€™s reply
Brief of Prisonersâ€™ Legal Services of New York in support of Petitioner

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