New York Court of Appeals, 1970

Chase v. Layton

Chase v. Layton
New York Court of Appeals · Decided October 15, 1970
27 N.Y.2d 814; 264 N.E.2d 358; 315 N.Y.S.2d 868; 1970 N.Y. LEXIS 1040

Chase v. Layton

Opinion of the Court

Motion to amend remittitur granted. Return of remittitur is requested and, when returned, it will be amended by adding thereto the following: Upon the appeal herein there were presented and necessarily passed upon questions under the Constitution of the United States, viz.: (1) whether appellant was subjected to involuntary servitude in violation of the Thirteenth Amendment; (2) whether appellant was denied equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court of Appeals considered these contentions and held that there was no denial of appellant’s constitutional rights. [See 27 N Y 2d 700.]

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