Legal Opinion

Tepperman v. New York City Transit Authority

Civil Court of the City of New York

Decided October 30, 1986PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Norman C. Ryp, J.

a. issue

If a "Dashing Dan” becomes a "Thrashing Man” LIRR train commuter, can the New York City Transit Police, 20 days later, arrest first — ask questions later on a fellow traveler’s complaint with warrantless false arrest impunity? No way!

Whether New York City’s Transit Authority Police, as a matter of law, sustains an unpleaded affirmative defense of legal justification (or labeled "reasonable grounds”, "reasonable cause” or "probable cause”) warranting summary judgment against a false arrest suit of a train commuter, arrested *789for assault without a…

2Cases cited28 opinions

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Broughton v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1975

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