Legal Opinion
Bussue v. Lankler
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 27, 1972No. 71 Civ. 3795PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GURFEIN, District Judge.
This plaintiff pro se brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1988 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, 2281. The Court’s jurisdiction is invoked under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(3) and (4). The complaint arises from the prosecution of the plaintiff upon an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree, a charge on which he was acquitted by a jury in October 1967. The plaintiff is now a State prisoner on another charge. 1 The plaintiff seeks general damages of $500,000 and punitive damages of $500,000 from the defendant Lankier, an Assistant District Attorney of New…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sostre v. McGinnisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Donald A. Swan v. Board of Higher Education of the City of New York by Gustave G. Rosenberg, Its Chairman, George A. Pierson, and Margaret v. KielyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Eugene C. Romer v. Howard R. Leary, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, and the City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Valley v. MauleDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1968
- Church v. HegstromCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Thomas Kaiser v. William CahnCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Carrasco v. KleinDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1974
- Campbell v. PattersonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- Scot v. MerolaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1983