Legal Opinion
Moskowitz v. Coscette
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 22, 2001No. 00-7671PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment of said district court be, and it hereby is, AFFIRMED.
Defendants Chief of Police Coscette and the Town of Walkill, New York, appeal from a judgment of the Southern District of New York (Yanthis, Magistrate Judge, sitting pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)) in favor of plaintiff police officer Moskowitz awarding him damages based on a jury verdict, and injunctive relief. The jury found that Coscette and the Town of Walkill violated the plaintiff’s First Amendment right to free speech contrary to 42…
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