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WILLIAMS v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 14, Docket 74-1261.

508 F.2d 356 (1974)

Samuel Tito WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1974.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Burstein, New York City (Adrian P. Burke, Corp. Counsel of The City of New York, L. Kevin Sheridan, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Harry R. Schwartz, New York City (Harry H. Lipsig and Joseph P. Napoli, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SMITH, TIMBERS and GURFEIN, Circuit Judges.

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The City of New York appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert L. Carter, Judge, on a verdict assessing $40,000 in compensatory damages and $80,000 in punitive damages against the City for the malicious prosecution of the plaintiff Williams. The court denied, with opinion filed in the Southern District of New York on November 14, 1973, the City's motion to...

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