Legal Opinion
Morales v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 21, 1997No. 94 Civ. 4865 (JSR), 94 Civ. 8773 (JSR)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
RAKOFF, District Judge.
These consolidated eases arise from a Ragnarok-like confrontation on March 4, 1993 between agents of the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) and employees of the New York City Department of Transportation (“DOT”). While many material facts remain genuinely in dispute, this much seems clear:
At approximately 6:00 p.m. on March 4, 1993, plaintiff Daniel Adami, a DOT employee, was supervising other DOT employees preparing to tow an illegally parked vehicle from the streets of mid-town Manhattan, when he was approached by DEA Agent Robert Stia, who…
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