Legal Opinion
Swartz v. Insogna
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 3, 2013No. Docket 11-2846-cvPublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
An irate automobile passenger’s act of “giving the finger,” a gesture of insult known for centuries, 1 to a policeman has led to a seizure of two persons ordered to return to an automobile, an arrest for disorderly conduct, a civil rights suit, and now this appeal. Plaintiffs-Appellants John Swartz (“John”) and his wife, Judy Mayton-Swartz (“Judy”), appeal the July 8, 2011, judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (David N. Hurd, District Judge) granting summary judgment to Defendants-Appellees Richard Insogna, a St.…
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