COX v. CITY OF NEW YORK


40 N.Y.2d 966 (1976)

Ronald Cox, Appellant, v. City of New York et al., Defendants, and Howard Tyson et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jill Laurie Goodman and John C. Gray, Jr., for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Robert S. Hammer and Samuel A. Hirshowitz, of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur in memorandum.


MEMORANDUM.

In this action plaintiff seeks to recover damages for wrongful eviction, conversion and "deprivation of constitutional rights under color of state law." Defendants in the action include, in their individual capacity, Howard Tyson, Chief Clerk of the Civil Court of the City of New York, John English, Chief Clerk of the Housing Part of the Civil Court, and Winifred Steers, a clerk in the Housing Part of the Civil...

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