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OLIVERI v. THOMPSON

Nos. 1147, 1281, Docket Nos. 86-7054, 86-7086.

803 F.2d 1265 (1986)

Paul OLIVERI, Plaintiff, v. Joseph THOMPSON, Badge # 381, individually and as a Detective of the Suffolk County, New York Police Department; Gerald Giammatteo, Badge # 2547, individually and as a Police Officer of the Suffolk County, New York Police Department; Julius Cseh, Badge # 426, individually and as a Detective of the Suffolk County, New York Police Department; Donald J. Dilworth, individually and as Commissioner of the Suffolk County, New York Police Department; Patrick Henry, individually and as District Attorney of Suffolk County; County of Suffolk, Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants. Appeal of Arthur V. GRASECK, Jr., Appellant-Cross Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramsey Clark, New York City (Morton Stavis, William M. Kunstler, New York City, Center for Constitutional Rights, of counsel), for appellant-cross appellee.

Robert Calica, Garden City, N.Y., (Reisman, Peirez, Reisman & Calica, Myra L. Paiewonsky, Richard Mathews, of counsel), for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants, County of Suffolk.

Benjamin Greshin, Smithtown, N.Y., for Suffolk County Bar Ass'n, amicus curiae.

Before NEWMAN, PIERCE, and PRATT, Circuit Judges.

GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:

Most lawyers who litigate in our federal courts perform their function at a commendable level of professionalism, advancing claims and defenses with the zeal of a trained advocate, but properly tempering enthusiasm for a client's cause with careful regard for the obligations of truth, candor, accuracy, and professional judgment that are expected of them as officers of the court. Because, we suppose, in a system as large and diverse...

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