Squadrito v. Griebsch

On an October afternoon in the year 1953, defendant, a state trooper, and a fellow officer, both in uniform and in a car prominently marked “ State Police,” were engaged in patrolling Route 11 in up-state New York. At about two o’clock, they observed plaintiff’s automobile proceeding at a high speed, “ clocked ” it at from 70 to 75 miles an hour on a portion of the highway having a 50-mile speed limit and, after following for two miles, stopped the vehicle and relieved plaintiff of his driver’s license and registration. Defendant, not answering plaintiff’s query, “ What did I do wrong? ”,…