Legal Opinion
Fernando Rojas v. Alexander's Department Store, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 29, 1990No. 91, Docket 90-7306PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
Fernando Rojas appeals from a judgment for Alexander’s Department Store, Inc. in the Eastern District of New York, Nicker-son, Judge, after a jury returned a verdict in favor of Alexander’s. Rojas sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) alleging that his constitutional rights had been violated when a security guard from Alexander’s arrested him without probable cause for shoplifting. In response to two special interrogatories, the jury found that although there was no probable cause to arrest Rojas, Alexander’s did not have a discriminatory policy targeting Hispanics for…
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