Legal Opinion
Fiacco v. City of Rensselaer
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 11, 1986No. Nos. 113, 208, Docket 85-7234, 85-7266PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge:
Defendants City of Rensselaer, New York (the “City”), and its police chief James Stark (sometimes collectively the “City defendants”), and City police officers Edward Meyer and Kevin Harrington (collectively the “Officers”) appeal from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, following a jury trial before Virgil Pittman, Judge, in this action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982). Plaintiff Mary C. Fiacco was awarded $25,000 in compensatory damages for the deprivation of her constitutional rights, plus $850 in…
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