Legal Opinion
James A. Russell v. James Smith and City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 11, 1995No. 977, Docket 94-2425PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVAL, Circuit Judge:
This is an action for malicious prosecution pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff James Russell appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Tenney, /.), granting summary judgment to the defendants James Smith and the City of New York on the ground that plaintiff had failed to show that the prosecution against him had been terminated in his favor. We affirm.
I. Background
On the night of January 9, 1981, four men were murdered during an apparent robbery at a basement social club at 1272 Clay Avenue in the Bronx. The…
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