Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 6, 1990PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*296OPINION OF THE COURT
Herman Cahn, J.
Motion numbers 004 and 005 are consolidated for the purposes of disposition.
Plaintiff Alberto Rodriguez (Rodriguez) moves for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability, as to the causes of action for false arrest and for violation of his civil rights against defendant City of New York (City).
This action arises out of events that took place on May 28, 1982. While Rodriguez was riding on a bus on Fifth Avenue, he was detained by members of the New York City Police Department because the police suspected that he was the perpetrator of an earlier…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Broughton v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- People v. HicksNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Gisondi v. Town of HarrisonNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- McGahee v. KennedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Curry v. City of SyracuseCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
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