Legal Opinion
Rodick v. City of Schenectady
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 23, 1993No. Nos. 1452-1454, 1641, Dockets 93-7010, 93-7012, 93-7020, 93-7156PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:
Appellants are the City of Schenectady (the “City”), five of its police officers (the “officers”) and the officers’ attorney; they appeal from a judgment entered after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Thomas J. McAvoy, Judge). The City assails a jury award of damages against it and the individual defendants for malicious prosecution. The officers contend that their representation by the same lawyer who represented the City was an improper conflict of interest. The lawyer appeals from Rule 11 sanctions imposed on…
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