Legal Opinion
Handschu v. Special Services Division
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 24, 1972No. 71 Civ. 2203PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
This is a class action brought under 42 U.S.C., section 1983, by sixteen individual plaintiffs, affiliated with various named political action groups, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated for a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief on a claim that various surveillance and other activities over the past six years of the New York City Police Department’s Security and Investigation Section (hereafter SIS) have violated, and unless enjoined will continue to violate, their various constitutional rights — in general, the claim is that the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Jenkins v. McKeithenSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Hoffa v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Alex C. Glaros v. Richard PerseCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Berlin Democratic Club v. RumsfeldDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1976
- Ghandi v. Police Department of DetroitCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- The Fifth Avenue Peace Parade Committee, an Unincorporated Association v. L. Patrick Gray 3rd, Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Ghandi v. Police Department of City of DetroitCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
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