MATTER OF SILFA v. KENNEDY


5 Misc.2d 375 (1957)

In the Matter of Luz Silfa et al., Petitioners, v. Stephen P. Kennedy, as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

January 21, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gustave B. Garfield for petitioner.

Emanuel Redfield for New York Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiæ, in support of petitioner.

Peter Campbell Brown, Corporation Counsel, and Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney, for respondents.


ARON STEUER, J.

This is an application pursuant to article 78 of the Civil Practice Act to direct the District Attorney and the police commissioner to return certain chattels to the petitioners. The chattels in question were seized by the police in the course of an arrest of petitioner. It is claimed by the petitioner that the criminal charge and the arrest are without foundation and are a part of the maneuvers...

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