Legal Opinion
Alvarez v. Abreau
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 25, 1999No. 94 Civ. 6419(CM)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ POST-TRIAL MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW ON LIABILITY AGAINST DEFENDANTS SCHRAFF AND BORBOL-LA FOR UNLAWFUL SEARCH AND SEIZURE, AND ORDERING A NEW TRIAL AGAINST THOSE DEFENDANTS FOR DAMAGES
McMAHON, District Judge.
Judges are often advised to reserve on mid-trial motions if they have any doubt whatsoever about granting them, and to submit the case to the jury in the hope that its verdict will moot the issue. Occasionally, a judge regrets following that advice. In this case, it was clearly wrong for me to do so.
Insofar as is important, this case concerned a…
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