Legal Opinion
Carter v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 20, 2010No. Case 04-CV-4880 (FB) (JMA)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BLOCK, Senior District Judge:
In the early morning hours of February 25, 2004, armed law enforcement officers invaded plaintiffs’ home based on what turned out to be incorrect information that a suspect named Kinte Carter lived there. Plaintiffs thereupon sued the individual officers under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971), and the United States of America under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346, 2671-80.
The Bivens claim was tried to a jury, which found the individual…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Federal Deposit Insurance v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- United States v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- United States v. GaubertSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Kennery v. State of Vermont, Valcourt, LaBombard and Other Members of the Dept. of Public SafetySupreme Court of Vermont · 2011
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- Kennery v. State of Vermont, Valcourt, LaBombard and Other Members of the Dept. of Public SafetySupreme Court of Vermont · 2011
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