Ricca v. United States

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NEAHER, District Judge.

This action for damages against the United States and its agents arises out of an incident that occurred on February 28,1974, when federal agents and State police members of a Federal Narcotics Task Force stopped Carmine Ricca in his automobile on a public street in Kearny, New Jersey. Plaintiffs allege that for some time prior to stopping him, the defendants had maintained surveillance on Ricca and had followed him in the mistaken belief he was a known fugitive, one John Tully. Plaintiffs claim that, after Ricca’s car was stopped, defendants…