Legal Opinion
Peter I. Diamondstone v. Christopher A. MacAluso Leroy Prior, David R. Stanton, A. James Walton, Jr., and State of Vermont
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 22, 1998No. Docket 97-7216PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
This case arose out of an unfortunate series of encounters between Trooper Christopher A. Macaluso of the Vermont police and Peter I. Diamondstone, a resident of Brattle-boro, Vermont. On a dozen occasions between August 1991 and December 1992, Ma-caluso pulled over Diámondstone and asked him to produce proof that he had auto insurance. On each of these occasions, Diamond-stone — who was, in fact, fully insured — invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to produce his insurance card. Each time, Ma-caluso cited Diamondstone for driving without insurance. And each time,…
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