Barbara HANDSCHU, Ralph DiGia, Alex McKeiver, Shaba Om, Curtis M. Powell, Abbie Hoffman, Mark A. Segal, Michael Zumoff, Kenneth Thomas, Robert Rusch, Annette T. Rubinstein, Mickey Sheridan, Joe Sucher, Steven Fischler, Howard Blatt, Ellie Benzoni, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs,
v.
SPECIAL SERVICES DIVISION, a/k/a Bureau of Special Services; William H.T. Smith; Arthur Grubert; Michael Willis; William Knapp; Patrick Murphy; Police Department of the City of New York; John V. Lindsay; and various unknown employees of the Police Department acting as undercover operators and informers, Defendants.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 7, 1985.
March 7, 1985.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for defendants.
Paul G. Chevigny, Jethro M. Eisenstein, Friedman & Eisenstein, Martin R. Stolar, Stolar, Alterman, Wagner & Boop, Franklin Siegel, New York City, for plaintiff class.
Victor Rabinowitz, Betty St. Clair, Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C., New York City, for National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee and the Bill of Rights Foundation.
Marshall Perlin, New York City, for Michael Rubin, et al.
Michael Krinsky, Martin Popper, New York City, for National Lawyers Guild.
Michael Ratner, New York City, for Center for Constitutional Rights and Puerto Rican Socialist Party.
Robert Boyle, Elizabeth Fink, New York City, for Richard Dhoruba Moore.
John Abt, Jeffrey Schwartz, New York City, for Communist Party, U.S.A. and Communist Party, N.Y.S.
O. Stephen Paganuzzi, New York City, for Charlene Mitchell, National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, U.S. Peace Council and Labor Research Assn.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HAIGHT, District Judge:
This is a class action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, originally brought against the Mayor of the City of New York, its Police Commissioner, and other police officials who played a role in the Security and Investigation Section ("SIS") of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD"). The action embraces the named defendants and any successor organization or...
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