Legal Opinion
Brown v. Kelly
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 24, 2007No. 05 Civ. 5442(SAS)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
Michael Brown brings this putative class action against, inter alia, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and the City of New York, alleging that they have unlawfully continued to arrest, summons and prosecute individuals such as himself for violating a, statute that was declared unconstitutional by the Second Circuit in 1993.1 This statute, New York Penal Law § 240.35(1), provides that a person is guilty of “loitering when he ... [ljoiters, remains or wanders about in a public place for the purpose of begging----”2 It is undisputed that…
2Cases cited72 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- County of Sacramento v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Amchem Products, Inc. v. WindsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Califano v. YamasakiSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. ShuttsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Brown v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2010
- Charron v. Pinnacle Group N.Y. LLCDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2010
- Wise v. KellyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2008
- Casale v. KellyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2009
- Casale v. KellyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2010
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