Legal Opinion
Estate of Iodice v. Gimbels, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 8, 1976No. 76 C 219PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NEAHER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs brought this action under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking compensatory and punitive damages, against Gimbels, Inc., a department store, and three of its security employees. 1 They claim that the individual defendants, acting on the wrongful assumption that plaintiffs were in the act of shoplifting, detained, searched and physically injured plaintiffs, and caused their arrest, all in violation of their rights under the fourteenth amendment. The experience allegedly resulted in the stroke and death of one of the persons…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. PriceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Warren Jobson v. Frank R. Henne, Edward D. Stevenson, Murray Bergman and Michael SemchyshynCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Steven C. Draeger, by and Through Norman A. Draeger, Guardian Ad Litem v. Grand Central, Inc., and David ParkCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
- Weyandt v. Mason's Stores, Inc.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1968
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Soad R. Iskander v. Village of Forest Park and Zayre, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Woodward & Lothrop v. HillaryDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Rojas v. Alexander's Department Store, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1986
- Commonwealth v. MartinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Mendoza v. K-Mart, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978
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