Legal Opinion
Vippolis v. Village of Haverstraw
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 16, 1985No. Nos. 839, 910, Dockets 84-7046, 84-7944PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns the proof needed to establish municipal liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for an alleged denial of constitutional rights by a police officer. Roger Vippolis brought this action in the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Mary Johnson Lowe, Judge), claiming that Michael Squillini, a member of the police department of Haverstraw Village, New York, had beaten him with excessive force, arrested him on false charges, and initiated a criminal prosecution on those charges, thereby depriving him of his constitutional rights. In…
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