Legal Opinion
John Smith, 1 v. Albert Edwards and Town of Fairfield
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 24, 1999No. Docket 97-9226PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:
On June 25, 1993, Officer Albert Edwards (“Edwards”) of the Fairfield, Connecticut Police Department filed a probable cause affidavit with the Connecticut Superior Court seeking an arrest warrant based on his investigation of allegations that John Smith (“Smith”) had sexually abused his daughter. A magistrate judge signed the warrant, and Edwards arrested Smith. The charges were subsequently dismissed and Smith filed suit alleging, among other things, that Edwards had withheld exculpatory information from the magistrate judge in order to secure the arrest warrant.…
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