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Bellamy v. Judges & Justices Authorized to Sit in the New York City Criminal Court & the New York State Supreme Court

33 N.Y.2d 632 Court N.Y. Decision date 1973-07-03 English

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John Bellamy et al., on Behalf of Themselves and Other Persons Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. Judges and Justices Authorized to Sit in the New York City Criminal Court and the New York State Supreme Court in New York County et al., Respondents, and James J. Leff, Defendant.
Submitted June 25, 1973;
decided July 3, 1973.

Motion to amend remittitur granted. Return of remittitur requested and, when returned, it will be amended by adding thereto the following: Upon the appeal herein there was presented and necessarily passed upon the following question under the Constitution of the United States, viz: Plaintiffs argued that the New York State bail system deprived persons incarcerated before trial of equal protection and due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The Court of Appeals considered these contentions and held there were no constitutional violations. [See 32 N Y 2d 886 .]

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