Legal Opinion
Kostiuk v. Town of Riverhead
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 6, 1983No. CV-81-3823PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ALTIMARI, District Judge:
The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
—James Thurber
INTRODUCTION
This is an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging a violation of plaintiffs constitutional rights, as a result of the overnight impoundment of her six year old Samoyed dog, named “Tarasbulba.” This statute had a noble birth, as § 1 of the 1871 Civil Rights Act, 17 Stat. 13 (1871). Enacted by the Forty-Second Congress to combat the growing terrorism of the Ku Klux Klan, see, Monroe v.…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Rodrigues v. Village of Larchmont, New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
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