Legal Opinion
Pearl v. City of Long Beach
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 15, 2002No. Docket No. 01-7914PublishedCited by 481 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal illustrates, in a dramatic context, the tension between the judicial system’s instinct to provide a remedy for every wrong and the system’s recognition that the passage of time must leave some wrongs without a remedy. David Pearl appeals from the July 18, 2001, judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Leonard D. Wexler, District Judge) dismissing, as barred by the statute of limitations, his suit seeking damages for police brutality allegedly inflicted upon him 35 years ago. Acknowledging the normally applicable barrier of…
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