Legal Opinion
Biehunik v. Felicetta
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 5, 1971No. 490, Docket 35543PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents another aspect of the continuing problem of reconciling the state’s powers as employer with the constitutional protections its employees enjoy as citizens. The Buffalo Police Commissioner, Frank Felicetta, commanded 62 city policemen, upon pain of discharge, to appear in a lineup for possible identification by civilians who allegedly had been assaulted by certain patrolmen. The District Court permanently enjoined the lineup. For the reasons set forth below, we reversed the judgment in open court following oral argument and ordered that the…
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