Legal Opinion
Outley v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 25, 1988No. Nos. 43, 45, Dockets 87-7283, -7285PublishedCited by 209 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Willie Outley appeals from a jury verdict in favor of four individual police officers, whom he charged violated his constitutional rights on two separate occasions. Trial was held before Judge Lloyd F. MacMahon in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Because the trial court abused its discretion in precluding two eyewitnesses from testifying on the plaintiff’s behalf and in admitting evidence of prior lawsuits filed by the plaintiff against the City of New York and others, we reverse and remand.
Outley’s two section 1983 claims, 42…
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