Legal Opinion
Spencer v. Casavilla
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 7, 1993No. 87 CV 3424 (KMW)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KIMBA M. WOOD, District Judge.
Prior to trial of this action for state law assault and federal civil rights claims, defendants moved to dismiss the plaintiffs’ federal causes of action. The court held those motions in abeyance because the parties requested additional time to prepare their legal arguments. At trial, the jury returned a ■verdict in favor of the plaintiffs on both the state and the federal causes of action. The court now considers defendants’ motion to set aside the verdict on the federal claims, and other issues raised in the parties’…
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