Legal Opinion
Yeadon v. New York City Transit Authority
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 4, 1989No. 87 Civ. 6450(RO), 88 Civ. 1132(RO), 88 Civ. 1131(RO), 87 Civ. 8740(RO) and 87 Civ. 9093(RO)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
OWEN, District Judge:
This class action, 1 consolidated with other cases, 2 arises out of an apparent pattern of seemingly race-based false arrests and prosecutions initiated by at least four New York City Transit Authority (“NYCTA”) police officers from 1983 to 1987. 3 According to plaintiffs, the officers, who sought to improve their arrest records in order to secure promotions and other benefits, routinely accused innocent, disproportionately black and hispanic subway riders of petty but humiliating crimes, made racist remarks while arresting them, and initiated…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. KubrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Pearl v. City of Long BeachCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- Quinn v. Nassau County Police DepartmentDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1999
- Ali v. ConnickDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2015
- Pearl v. The City Of Long BeachCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- Germain v. M & T Bank Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2015
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