Legal Opinion
Buenrostro v. Collazo
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided October 24, 1991No. Civ. 89-0384(JAF)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FUSTE, District Judge.
At 5:30 A.M. on March 29, 1988, six Puerto Rico police officers entered the apartment of plaintiff Leonel Buenrostro with neither a search nor an arrest warrant. Buenrostro was arrested in connection with a drug crime in New York. He was held for thirty-one days in horrific conditions in the State Penitentiary in Puer-to Rico before the police realized that they had made an error and arrested the wrong person. 1 The police now admit that although Buenrostro had the same name and birth date as the suspect in New York, Buenrostro and the suspect had…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Parklane Hosiery Co. v. ShoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Lee v. City Of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Leonel Buenrostro v. Pablo Collazo, A/K/A Pablo Collazo MarreroCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Blumel v. MylanderDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1996
- Johnson v. Kings County District Attorney's OfficeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
- Rodriguez-Oquendo v. Toledo-DavilaDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1999
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