JOHNSON v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 71 Civ. 763.

401 F.Supp. 50 (1975)

Robert W. JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

August 13, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent & Berkowitz, New York City, for plaintiff; George A. Berkowitz, New York City, of counsel.

W. Bernard Richland, Corp., Counsel, City of New York, New York City, for defendants; Paul Aronow, East Meadow, of counsel.


OPINION

IRVING BEN COOPER, District Judge.

Plaintiff brings this action for damages against the City of New York and certain of its police officers alleging false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. The jurisdiction of this Court is based on diversity of citizenship pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Pursuant to our direction, this case was tried to the Court on the issue of liability only (all counsel consented). For the reasons set forth below, we...

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