Legal Opinion
Sowa v. Looney
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 11, 1968PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJasen, J.
This is an article 78 proceeding to review a determination by the Commissioner of the Nassau County Police Department dismissing petitioner from the police department.
Complainant, a 21-year-old woman, was driving along a lonely road in petitioner’s area of patrol at 1:15 in the morning when she was stopped for speeding by a Nassau County police officer. Later that day, complainant accused petitioner, a patrolman in the Nassau County Police Department, of improper sexual conduct toward her while parked with her in his police car.
A police disciplinary hearing concerning this charge was held at…
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