Legal Opinion
Cowles v. Brownell
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 6, 1989PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
The issue before us is whether a release from civil liability of a municipality and two police officers, given by plaintiff as a condition of the District Attorney’s consent to dismissal of criminal harassment charges, should be enforced. We conclude that the release should not be enforced, and therefore deny defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.
On July 20, 1984, plaintiff and a companion were stopped in a car by two City of Amsterdam police officers — one of them the defendant in the present case. Plaintiff alleges that defendant arrested him without cause and beat…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- Town of Newton v. RumerySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Cowles v. BrownellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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