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GONZALEZ v. LEONARD

Civil Action No. H76-350.

497 F.Supp. 1058 (1980)

Rodolfo "Corky" GONZALEZ, Crusade for Justice, and the National American Indian Movement, Inc. v. Edward P. LEONARD, Individually and as Commissioner of the Connecticut State Police, Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., Individually and as Commissioner of the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, and Robert Money, Individually and as Assistant District Director for Investigations, Hartford, Connecticut, Office of the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

August 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Kunstler, New York, N.Y., Victor M. Ferrante, Bridgeport, Conn., for plaintiffs.

Paul V. McNamara, McNamara, Clancy, Kenney & Sullivan, P. C., Bridgeport, Conn., Frank Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Meriden, Conn., Carl R. Ajello, Atty. Gen. of the State of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn., for defendant Edward P. Leonard.

Frank H. Santoro, Asst. U. S. Atty., Richard Blumenthal, U. S. Atty. for the District of Connecticut, New Haven, Conn., for defendants Robert D. Money and Leonard F. Chapman, Jr.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, District Judge:

Introduction

On June 18, 1976, the Connecticut State Police sent a telex message to other law enforcement agencies around the country, erroneously stating that Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzalez of Denver, Colorado, the National American Indian Movement, Inc. ("AIM"), and two other organizations had devised a plan to "kill a cop a day in each state" by luring police officers into ambushes...

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