Maudsley v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

HAVEY, P.J.A.D.

Plaintiffs filed this action under 42 U.S.C.A § 1988, for damages arising out of a search of plaintiff' Charles Maudsley’s (Maudsley) fishing boat, the “Imperial.” Plaintiffs claim that defendants, members of the State Police, as well as members of the Cape May County Narcotics Task Force, the County Prosecutor’s Office and Sheriffs Department, and the Lower Township Police Department (the County defendants) violated Maudsley’s protection against unreasonable searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment and Article I, § 7 of the New…