Research

Scope and Content Note

B1811-02: Types of records include trial transcripts; complaints; reports of other investigations; testimonies; deposition transcripts; and summaries, pleadings, briefs, etc. of related suits.

B1811-10: Consists of documents that were removed from B1811-02 because they are legally restricted.

B1811-13: These records were created by the law office of Joshua J. Effron, who represented Major John Monahan, commander of the New York State Police in Batavia and a named defendant during several lawsuits against New York State following the retaking of Attica after prison riots in 1971. Monahan and other defendants retained private counsel at state expense due to a possible conflict of interest by the New York State Department of Law regarding the charges (NYS Public Officers Law, section 18).

Court proceedings and research materials related to Akil al-Jundi et al. v. Nelson Rockefeller et al. and Akil al-Jundi et al. v. Mancusi et al. form the bulk of the records. Documents include attorney work notes, correspondence, filed court documents, trooper statements, interviews, interrogatories, and photographs. A large portion of these documents are photocopies of original documents held elsewhere.