SEIP v. NEWARK POLICE DEPT.

Civ. A. No. 84-3898.

648 F.Supp. 489 (1986)

Thomas G. SEIP, Plaintiff, v. NEWARK POLICE DEPARTMENT, City of Newark, Police Officer Robert Gellerman, Police Officer Robert Payne and John Doe A to Z jointly and/or severally, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

December 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald F. Esposito, Elizabeth, N.J., for plaintiff.

Rosalind Lubetsky Bressler, Corp. Counsel, City of Newark, Newark, N.J. by John C. Pidgeon, First Asst. Corp. Counsel, for defendants.


OPINION

STERN, District Judge.

This lawsuit, an action brought against the City of Newark and two individual police officers, alleged violations of the plaintiff's constitutional rights. This Court granted defendants' motion to dismiss at the close of plaintiff's case. Subsequently, the Court granted defendants' motion for attorney's fees and set the award at $700.

The matter is now before the Court on remand from the Third Circuit, which reversed...

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