WILLIAMS v. WARD

No. 85 CIV. 1045 (CBM).

671 F.Supp. 225 (1987)

John WILLIAMS, Leonard Altman, Anthony Richards, Charles Lewis, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin WARD, in his Official Capacity as Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caesar D. Cirigliano, Criminal Defense Div., The Legal Aid Society by Steven G. Asin, Ivar Goldart, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Peter L. Zimroth, Corporation Counsel, Office of the Corporation Counsel, City of New York by Jeffrey E. Glen, Terrence R. Real, Dynda Andrews, of counsel, New York City, for defendants.


AMENDED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

MOTLEY, District Judge.

This is a civil rights class action brought by the plaintiffs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983. This court finds that it has jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1331 and 1343(a)(3).

The action is brought by the named plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and the class which is all persons in New York, Bronx, Kings and Queens Counties in the City of New...

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