Legal Opinion
Pitt v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 12, 1981PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edward J. Greenfield, J.
This case raises a question of first impression in this State — is an action brought for a traditional tort which it is claimed resulted in a deprivation of constitutional rights under the elastic concepts of section 1983 of title 42 of the United States Code a new substantive cause of action for which there is no previously prescribed State Statute of Limitations, or is it a new procedural remedy as to which *570the applicable Statute of Limitations for the traditional tort applies?
Plaintiff Thomas Pitt, alleges that in the early morning hours on June…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Gomez v. ToledoSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Fields v. Board of Higher EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Bradshaw v. SilversmithNew York Supreme Court · 1983
- Fields v. Board of Higher EducationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983