Legal Opinion
Clancy v. McCabe
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 26, 2004PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
In November, 1992, State Trooper Ramon L. Rivera, Jr., stopped the plaintiff’s motor vehicle on Route 495 in Middleborough. During the course of the stop, Rivera illegally strip searched the plaintiff, Mary Jane Clancy, and made lewd *312and suggestive remarks to her.1 Five years prior to this incident, internal affairs had launched an investigation into Rivera’s inappropriate and unprofessional conduct with four other female motorists. In 1988, as a result of the investigation, McCabe, who was then Commissioner of Public Safety and superintendent of State police, suspended Rivera without pay for…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- City of Canton v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by26 opinions
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