Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Lynn
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 8, 1997No. 848, Docket 96-2392PublishedCited by 414 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge:
Defendants John Lynn and Daniel Weisberg, who at the pertinent times were police officers in the Town of Clarkstown, New York (the “Town”), appeal from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York following a jury trial before Charles L. Brieant, Judge, ordering them to pay plaintiff Ernesto Murphy $50,000 in damages, plus $89,888.17 in attorneys’ fees and expenses, on his claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) for malicious prosecution of criminal charges against him. On appeal, Lynn and Weisberg contend…
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