418 U.S. 539 (1974) Cited 19,245 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that declaratory judgment as a predicate to a damages award would not be barred, but that a civil rights claim that would affect the duration of incarceration is foreclosed by Preiser
Holding that the discretionary function doctrine does not shield a "BOP employee's failure to perform a diligent inspection out of laziness, hastiness, or inattentiveness"
Holding that a prisoner's liberty interest in refusing medical treatment includes "a concomitant right to such information as a reasonable patient would deem necessary to make an informed decision regarding medical treatment"
384 U.S. 1 (1966) Cited 920 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that counsel could not surrender his client's right to plead not guilty and to confront witnesses against him where his client had expressed the desire to plead not guilty in open court
Holding that "even if a state were to make timeliness a precondition for commencement, rather than follow the more typical pattern of making untimeliness an affirmative defense, a state proceeding will be deemed commenced" for purposes of Title VII
114 F. Supp. 2d 204 (S.D.N.Y. 2000) Cited 81 times
Holding that the Legal Aid Society's contractual waiver of its right to challenge the City's action, a right provided for by the National Labor Relations Act, was valid
In Matter of Barnes v LeFevre (69 NY2d 649 [1986]), interpreting 7 NYCRR 254.5, we held that when a requested witness refuses to testify and "the record does not reflect any reason for the... refusal to testify, or that any inquiry was made of him [or her] as to why he [or she] refused or that the hearing officer communicated with the witness to verify his [or her] refusal to testify, there has been a denial of the inmate's right to call witnesses as provided in the regulations" (Barnes, 69 NY2d at 650).