Legal Opinion
Mercy v. County of Suffolk
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 12, 1982No. CV 81-1754PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GEORGE C. PRATT, District Judge:
In this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiffs allege that the defendant police officers assembled at their home in “mob fashion” and, without a warrant, falsely arrested four of the plaintiffs, assaulted and battered all of the plaintiffs, and destroyed their property. Defendants deny these allegations and state that the altercation was initiated by plaintiffs when defendants attempted to arrest several of the plaintiffs on a charge of assaulting the manager and a customer of a local store.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Upjohn Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Wood v. BreierDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1972
- Dos Santos v. O'NeillDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
- Diamond v. City of MobileDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1978
3Cited by24 opinions
- Kelly v. City of San JoseDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1987
- King v. CondeDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1988
- Buffington v. Baltimore CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Barbara Buffington, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of James E. Buffington, Deceased David M. Buffington, Individually v. Baltimore County, Maryland, a Body Corporate and Politic Cornelius J. Behan, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chief of Police Donald Gaigalas, Individually and in His Official Capacity Ronald L. Tucker, Individually and in His Official Capacity, and Daniel Yuska, Individually and in His Official Capacity Joseph Gribbin, Individually and in His Official Capacity L.S. Harvey, Individually and in His Official Capacity Kenneth W. Kramer, Individually and in His Official Capacity William L. Maeser, Individually and in His Official Capacity, in Re John A. Austin James G. Beach, Iii, Barbara Buffington, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of James E. Buffington, Deceased David M. Buffington, Individually v. Baltimore County, Maryland, a Body Corporate and Politic Cornelius J. Behan, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chief of Police Daniel Yuska, Individually and in His Official Capacity Joseph Gribbin, Individually and in His Official Capacity L.S. Harvey, Individually and in His Official Capacity Donald Gaigalas, Individually and in His Official Capacity Kenneth W. Kramer, Individually and in His Official Capacity Ronald L. Tucker, Individually and in His Official Capacity William L. Maeser, Individually and in His Official CapacityCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Spell v. McDanielDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1984
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