Legal Opinion
Merzon v. County of Suffolk
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 17, 1991No. CV-85-3907 (ADS)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
In the early hours of Saturday, October 27, 1984, at a grassy area behind a fence at the dead end of East Gate in Copiague, a twenty-three year-old man was shot and killed by a Suffolk County police officer. The facts leading up to the encounter in the grassy area are virtually undisputed. The occurrences in the grassy area, however, are controverted and the versions are diverse. As a result of this tragic occurrence, this section 1983 wrongful death and pendent state-law claims case was brought. The central issue presented before the Court is whether…
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