Legal Opinion
Sorge v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 19, 1968PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSamuel A. Spiegel, J.
The City of New York, Balph Salerno and John F. Shanley, defendants herein, move for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
This is an action in slander and libel which, it is alleged, was occasioned by the defendant Salerno on December 20, 1965 and by the defendant Shanley on December 23,1965.
At the time the cause of action accrued, Salerno was a Sergeant and Shanley was a Chief Inspector of the Police Department of the City of New York. Salerno was supervisor of detectives of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Police Department. Shanley was the highest ranking uniformed police…
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