Legal Opinion
James Martin v. Mario Merola, District Attorney, Bronx County
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 5, 1976No. 1024, Docket 75-7113PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal raises important questions as to the scope of a prosecutor’s immunity to suit. The six plaintiffs, all of whom were indicted in Bronx County in August 1974, on one or more felony charges arising out of an alleged loan-sharking operation,1 instituted this damage action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging, inter alia, that their constitutionally guaranteed right to a fair trial had been infringed by the action of the defendants, Mario Merola, District Attorney of Bronx County, and two of his assistants, in announcing to the press the arrest of the plaintiffs and asserting that they were…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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3Cited by64 opinions
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