Legal Opinion
Hassan v. Fraccola
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 12, 1988No. 968, Docket 88-7043PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents us with the question when a New York municipality has the duty to defend a police officer from a claim charging him with civil rights violations in both his individual and official capacities. The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, Howard G. Munson, Chief Judge, decided the question in favor of Guy Fraccola, a former Utica policeman, granting his motion for summary judgment on his cross-claim against the City of Utica and ordering the City to pay his attorney a total of $32,352.12. On appeal the City claims that the…
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