# Petition — Terner v. Hopkins

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## Record

- **Collection:** Supreme Court brief
- **Document type:** Petition
- **Published:** January 1, 1977
- **Citation:** 430 U.S. 968

## Text

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Supreme Court of the Hrubted “Sea a om

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WILLIAM Pac hy Pro Se,

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Petitioner,
-against-

Hon. JAMES D. HOPKINS, Justice of the Appellate Div. of
the State of N.Y.; Hon. LEONARD RUBENFELD, J.S.C. of
the State of N.Y.; JAMES DEMPSEY, Esq.; Hon. ALVIN R.
RUSKIN, J.S.C. of the State of N.Y.; Hon. HAROLD L.
WOOD, J.S.C. of the State of N.Y.; N.Y. State Sen.
BERNARD G. GORDON, Chairman, N.Y.S. Judiciary
Comm.; Hon. MARTIN B. STECHER, J.S.C. of the State of
N.Y.; Hon. WM. A. WALSH, JR., J.S.C. of the State of N.Y.;
JERALD S. KALTER, M.D.; Hon. JOHN C. MARBACH,
J.S.C. of the State of N.Y.; MILDRED TERNER; KRAFTCO
CORP., and MFG. HANOVER TRUST CO. (Transfer Agents
for Kraftco Corp.),

Respondents.

PETITION (WITH APPENDICES) FOR A WRIT. OF
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF
APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

WILLIAM TERNER, Pro Se
575 Madison Avenue (Rm. 1006)
New York, New York 10022
(212) 759-6700

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Opinion BELOW. cc ccccccccceseeseseees
Preliminary Statement.cccsccccccecee

Constitutional and Broad Authorities
Involved Including Comment,......>.

1. Code of Judicial Conduct:
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Canon 5 C(4)(a).cccccccce

2. Federal Judicial Code, 28
U.S.C.A. 3455 (Supp. 1976)..

Be Fifth Amendment. .ccccccccceses

4, Fourteenth Amendment, Sections

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5. Civil Rights.Act of 1871, $1,
42 U.S.C. $1983 (1970). cceee

6, Civil Rights Act of 1871, 82,
42 U.S.C. 81985 (3) (1970)..

Statement of the Case@.,.ccccccveccsecs

Page

Li

Page
Appendices:

Appendix I--Amended Complaint
Submitted to District
Court (S.D.N.Y. 1975). Al

Appendix II--Opinion of Knapp, J.. A44

Appendix III-Opinion of Second
CEPOUMERs cooccecesecocs A53

Appendix IV--Affidavit of Private
Investigator Listing
Names of Judges At-
tending Party Given By
Attorney James De
sey on June 22, 1974.. A55

Appendix V--Adverse Decision To
Petitioner Rendered By
Justice James D. Hop-
kins as Acting Pre-
siding Justice in the
Appellate Department
of the Supreme Court
of the State of New
York, Second Judicial
Department and Judge
Hopkins Was A Guest At
Attorney James Demp-
7 Me Party on June 22,

TIT TTITITiTTririTn li

Appendix VI-Adverse Decision To
Petitioner Rendered By
Justice Leonard Ruben-
feld of the Supreme
Court, State of New

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Page

York, Westchester

County and Judge

Rubenfeld Was A

Guest At Attorney

James Dempsey's

Party on June 22,

Bee seecaseesccecececs A69

Appendix VII-Letter From Con-

gressman Peter W,

Rodino, Chairman,

House Committee on

the Judiciary. eeeeeeee A72

Appendix VIII-Petitioner'’s Ap-

Plication To Extend

Time To File Writ

of Certiorari By 21
DOYBecccccccecseseecece A74

Appendix [X--Order of Justice

Marshall Extending

Time To File Peti-

tion For Writ of
Certiorari..cecececcee AID

Appendix X--Reason For Appli-

cation To Extend

Time To Submit Writ

of Certiorari Being

Late By 32 Minutes.... A92

iv
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

Cases:
Carr v eee 384 F. Supp. 544
(Ww, D.N.Y. 1 74) eeeeesveeeeeeeene
Erdmann v. ann. 35 svens, 458 F. 2d Cert.
U e 889 (1972) eeee
Gren erty Thompson, 500 F, 2d 59
1 74) eeeeeveeaeae eee eeeeeeeeeeeee
In Re SES 349 U.S. 133
n Re Sacher, 306 F. 2d 358, 365
(2d Cir. 1953) . » nom.
Sacher v. tion of th
ct ee U.S.
1

Jacobson v. Schaefer, 441 F. 2d

1 (7th Cir. 1 71) eeeoeveeveeeer
iavits v. Stevens, 382 F. Supp.

131 (S.D.N.Y. 1974)

Law Students Civil Rights Resee-
count is" v. Wadmonc
F. Supp. 11 123-124 (S.D.N.Y.
1969), aff'd 401 U.S. 154

(1971)

Lynch v. Household epee Corp.,
05 U.S. l ° rev 's.
318 F. Supp. 1111 (D. Conn,
1970)

Page

Ww
Mart algels v. Kelley, 349 F, Supp.
» 293 (S.D.N.Y. 1972)
McNeese v. MGS) Renee 373
U.S. 6 1
“hidner v. Gulotta, 405 F, Supp.
182 (E.D.N.Y. 1975), aff'd.

U.S. 96S. Ct. 1489
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Page

t Foster, 407 U.S. 225

Ve
1972)
e, 365 U.S. 167
1961 Je”

me ited States, 348 U.S.
ees St — from
William Terner, Order

Appellant.

A68

APPENDIX V -- Order of Appellate Department

In the above entitled cause, the above
named William Terner, defendant,

having appealed to this court from an
order of the Supreme Court, West-
chester county, dated May 31, 1973,
which, inter alia, denied his motion for
a new trial on the grounds of newly dis-
covered evidence and alleged trial
irregularities;

and the said appeal having been argued
by Donald Frank, Esq. of counsel for
the appellant, and argued by James
Dempsey, Esq., Of counsel for the
respondent, and due deliberation having
been had thereon: and upon this court's
decision slip heretofore filed and made a

part hereof, it is:

ORDERED that the order appealed from is
hereby unanimously affirmed, with
$23.00 costs and disbursements.

Enter: IRVING N. SELKIN

Clerk of the Appellate Division

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APPENDIX VI

SUPREME COURT - STATE OF NEW YORK
SPECIAL TERM, PART WESTCHESTER COUNTY

SHORT FORM ORDER

Present:
Hon, .«e«e«+LEONARD RUBENFELD....ccece
Justice,

MILDRED TERNER,
Plaintiff,

-- against --

WILLIAM TERNER,

Defendant,
Index
Number. 0.002 279779, od ., ee
Motion
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APP eae

Reason For Application To Extend Time To
Submit Writ of Certiorari Being Late By
32 minutes

Eastern Airlines gave erroneous shuttle
flight information to petitioner upon which
petitioner relied to permit the submission
of his Application to Extend by three weeks
the time to submit subject writ to this
Court,

The information originally given to
petitioner by Eastern provided for a safe
time margin for unforseen contingencies,

Petitioner advised and personally met
with Eastern'’s Supervisor of Air Shuttle
Services, Mr. Frank J. Horn at LaGuardia
Airport in New York City. Mr. Horn ack-
nowledged Eastern's error which confused
the LaGuardia to Boston Shuttle with the
LaGuardia to Washington National Airport
shuttle, Mr. Horn was advised by peti-
tioner of the serious implications of
Eastern‘’s error and Mr. Horn arranged for
a special light aircraft to fly petitioner
to the Washington, D.C. National Airport
in the hopes of making the midnight dead-
line, Eastern also arranged for a car to
be waiting for petitioner at National Air-
port, at their expense, in order to expe-
dite the submission of subject papers.

The charter service contacted by Eastern
through Butler Aircraft was Sound Air
Aviation, They flew a plane into LaGuardia
from MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, Long
Island, New York, to pick up petitioner
and fly him to National Airport.

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Appendix X--«-

The names and addresses of the parties
involved are as follows:

Frank J, Horn, Supervisor, Air Shuttle
Services, Eastern Airlines, La-
Guardia Airport, Flushing, New York
113713; Telephone: (212) 476-4698

Sound Air Aviation, Hangar “A"“, Mac-
Arthur Airport, Ronkonkoma, N.Y.
11779; Telephone: (212) 476-0200
Name of pilot: Peter W, Theisen

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