Legal Opinion
Ford v. Moore
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 8, 2001No. Nos. 99-9303L, -9305(CON), -9315(CON)PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal by two supervisory police officers concerns their claim of qualified immunity in a case in which subordinate officers intervened in an attempt to avert the apparently imminent suicide of a distraught young man armed with a rifle. The young man was ultimately killed by a bullet fired, under disputed circumstances, from the pistol of one of the subordinate officers. Lt. Edward F. Moore and Lt. Thomas W. Mitchell of the Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Police Department appeal from the portion of the September 30, 1999, order of the District Court for the Northern…
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