Legal Opinion
Handschu v. Police Dept. of the City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 19, 2010No. 71 Civ. 2203(CSH)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HAIGHT, Senior United States District Judge:
This civil rights action against the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), complaining about certain surveillance and intelligence-gathering conduct, was filed in 1971. This Court certified the suit as a class action in 1979, and in 1986 approved a settlement agreed upon by the plaintiff class and the NYPD. That settlement created what came to be known as the “Handschu Guidelines” governing the pertinent police conduct. The Court modified the Guidelines in 2003. The case, now in its 39th year, has generated a number…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Handschu v. Special Services DivisionDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2010
- Genn ex rel. Genn v. New Haven Board of EducationDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2016
- Andrews v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2015
- Handschu v. Police DepartmentDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2012
- Handschu v. Police Department of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2017
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