Legal Opinion
Merced v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 7, 1994No. 90 Civ. 2898(MEL)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
Diana Merced, who was shot in the face and neck by two assailants in the hallway of her Bronx public housing project, sues the City of New York and Housing Authority Police under two legal theories: (1) that the defendants violated her civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 because their failure to protect her was based on a discriminatory motive— Merced’s status as a Hispanic woman and victim of domestic violence; and (2) that the defendants promised and then failed to provide protection for her, thereby breaching a duty under New York law.
New York City, in turn, sues the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Berkovitz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Cuffy v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
- Louis Batista, Manuel Padin and Felix Padin, Jr. v. Michael Rodriguez, Robert J. Nadrizny and the City of Bridgeport, the City of BridgeportCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Chang-Williams v. Department of the NavyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2011
- Best v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2007
- Coyne v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2003
- Merced v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1997
- Coyne v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2002
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