Legal Opinion
Mason v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 17, 1996No. 95 Civ. 5331 (LAK)PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KAPLAN, District Judge.
In July 1994, the plaintiff, Jrae Mason, was sitting on her stoop in Manhattan when she was approached by two men who believed that she was, or might have been, Audrey White Smith, who had jumped bail in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This began an ordeal of several days during which Ms. Mason was confined and then taken against her will to Tuscaloosa, where she was released when the Alabama authorities determined that she was not Smith. She brought this action against a number of defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and on state law theories, in substance for…
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