Special Collection: Martin Sostre cases

Martin Sostre

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This collection covers a series of important prison litigation cases filed in New York federal courts by American prisoners' rights movement activist Martin Sostre.

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Cases (6)

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Sostre v. McGinnis

62-cv-28785 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: 1962

Closed Date: Oct. 26, 1964

This is a historic case about religious liberty in New York prisons. It's part of the Clearinghouse's collection of several cases brought by prisoners rights activist (and prisoner) Martin Sostre, wh…

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Pierce v. Vallee

No. 418, Docket 26878 (Appellate) | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: 1960

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Pierce v. LaVallee

1:59-cv-07813 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: 1959

Closed Date: June 17, 1963

This is a historic case about religious liberty and discipline in New York prisons. It's part of the Clearinghouse's collection of several cases brought by prisoners rights activist (and prisoner) Ma…

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Sostre v. Preiser

6:73-cv-00421 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 1973

Closed Date: Jan. 18, 1978

This is a historic case about prisoner rights in New York prisons. It's part of the Clearinghouse's collection of several cases brought by prisoners rights activist (and prisoner) Martin Sostre, whos…

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Sostre v. Otis

1:70-cv-01114 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 1, 1970

This is a historic case about the receipt of mail in New York prisons, one of the Clearinghouse's collection of cases brought by prisoners' rights activist Martin Sostre, whose wikipedia biography i…

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Sostre v. Rockefeller

1:68-cv-04058 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 1968

Closed Date: March 15, 1972

This is a historic case about mail censorship, religious discrimination, and solitary confinement issues in New York prisons. It's one of several brought by prisoners' rights activist (and prisoner)…