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CLARK v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT

Civ. Nos. B-83-514(TFGD), B-86-119(TFGD) and B-86-115(TFGD).

645 F.Supp. 890 (1986)

Vallorie CLARK v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT, and Alan Stak, Police Officer of the City of Bridgeport; Richard RIZZOLI v. Reynaldo MUNIZ, Police Officer of the City of Bridgeport, and the City of Bridgeport; Benjamin SIMMONS and Vivian Simmons v. John FORMICHELLA and Roger Falcone individually and in their official capacities as Police Officers of the City of Bridgeport.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

October 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton M. Weinstein, Richard J. Shapiro, Weinstein, Weiner & Shapiro, P.C., Lorraine W. Osborne, Goldman, Rosen & Willinger, Bridgeport, Conn., for plaintiffs.

Barbara B. Massaro, Raymond B. Rubens, Office of the City Atty., Bridgeport, Conn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

DALY, Chief Judge.

The matter before the Court stems from the conduct of counsel for the City of Bridgeport ("City") during jury selection on October 7, 1986. While selecting juries in three civil rights cases brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the defendants City and named police officers used their peremptory challenges to strike every black citizen otherwise available to serve on the juries selected in each of three cases. The...

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