Legal Opinion
Townes v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 6, 1999No. Nos. 682, 683, Dockets 98-2259, 98-2309PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge:
Victor Townes, currently incarcerated for matters not the subject of this case, initiated this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit pro se in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Wood, /.), claiming that his constitutional rights were violated by several officers of the New York Police Department — and derivatively by the City of New York (“the City”) — during a 1984 police stop of a taxicab in which he was a passenger. After halting the taxicab, the officers ordered Townes out, searched him (finding nothing), searched the taxicab (finding…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by142 opinions
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- Raymond Wray v. City of New York, Daniel Martorano, William Weller, James McCavera and New York City Police Department, Docket No. 05-3341-CvCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
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