SUFFOLK COUNTY PATROLMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, INC. v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

No. 552, Docket 84-7841.

751 F.2d 550 (1985)

SUFFOLK COUNTY PATROLMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, INC., P.O. Robert Pfeiffer, P.O. Robert Ryan, P.O. Attila Nemes, P.O. Ray Campo, Det. Dennis Romano, P.O. Frank Delgaudio, P.O. Jim Meehan, P.O. Robert Pflaum, P.O. Bill Bennett, P.O. Rodger Larocca, P.O. Howard McAulby, P.O. Ed Fitzgerald, P.O. Sam Dejusus, P.O. Keith Fontana, P.O. Louis Bruno, P.O. Bruce Klimecki, P.O. Philip Buzzanca, P.O. Robert Haisman, P.O. Gerry Gozaloff, P.O. Arthur Dowling, Det. Anthony Bivona, P.O. Donald Berzolla, P.O. Frank Giuliano, P.O. John Niedzielski, P.O. Dennis Green, Det. John Christie, and Det. Frank Pacifico, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK; James O. Patterson, individually and in his official capacity; Martin Ashare, individually and in his official capacity; John P. Finnerty, Jr., individually and in his official capacity; Christopher Termini, individually and in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric F. Larsen, Hauppauge, N.Y. (DeMartin, Kranz, Davis & Hersh, Hauppauge, N.Y., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert M. Calica, Garden City, N.Y. (Reisman, Peirez & Reisman, Garden City, N.Y., of counsel), for defendants-appellees Suffolk County, James O. Patterson and Martin Ashare.

Linda U. Margolin, East Setauket, N.Y. (Bracken & Jacoppi, East Setauket, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee Christopher Termini.

David Holmes, Merrick, N.Y. (Curtis, Zaklukiewicz, Vasile & Devine, Merrick, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee John P. Finnerty, Jr.

Before FRIENDLY, WINTER and PRATT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant Suffolk County Patrolmen's Benevolent Association ("PBA") is the bargaining representative for policemen in Suffolk County, New York. The individual appellants are Suffolk County police officers who are co-defendants with appellee Suffolk County in lawsuits brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in both state and federal courts. The County originally sought to have the counsel representing it also represent...

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