Legal Opinion
Dunton v. County of Suffolk
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 30, 1984No. Nos. 542, 543, Dockets 83-7384, 83-7814PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
We recall the mandate and sua sponte reconsider our decision in Dunton v. County of Suffolk, 729 F.2d 903 (2d Cir.1984), without hearing oral argument, following a rather unusual set of circumstances.
I
Familiarity with the underlying action is presumed. On June 29, 1984, long after the mandate issued, the County of Suffolk and the Suffolk County Police Department (collectively, the County) filed with this Court a petition for a writ of prohibition to the district court. The County’s objective was to bar its reinstatement as a party defendant at the retrial which we had…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Follette v. BurgosSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Ex Parte Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Company, Ltd., Ex Parte Aetna Casualty & Surety CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Dunton v. County Of SuffolkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Paul R. Newhouse, Jr., Suki R. Kuresa and Elwin L. Adarna, Cross-Appellants v. Robert's Ilima Tours, Inc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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- Katz v. MorgenthauDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989
- Jerry Michael Gordon v. Doug Norman, Harold Prows, Ken Martin (85-5175), and J. Anderson (85-5186)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
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