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YEADON v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Nos. 87 Civ. 6450(RO), 88 Civ. 1132(RO), 88 Civ. 1131(RO), 87 Civ. 8740(RO) and 87 Civ. 9093(RO).

719 F.Supp. 204 (1989)

Ronald YEADON, et al., individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants. Eric MOORE and Uriel Hart, Plaintiffs, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants. Harry MENDEZ, Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants. Ronald SMITH, Plaintiff, v. Robert MORGENTHAU, et al., Defendants. Bennie CLOWERS II and Darrell Williams, Plaintiffs, v. Robert MORGENTHAU, et al., Defendants.

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

August 4, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lankenau Kovner & Bickford, Richard D. Emery, New York City, for plaintiffs Yeadon, et al., for plaintiffs Moore and Hart, and for plaintiff Mendez.

John P. Rudden, New York City, for plaintiff Smith and for plaintiffs Clowers and Williams.

Albert C. Cosenza, Vice President and Gen. Counsel, New York City Transit Authority, Brooklyn, for defendants Transit Authority, Meehan, Rogan, Moraff and Donnelly; Steve S. Efron, of counsel.

Agulnick & Gogel, New York City, for defendants Iannacone and McDermott.

Kliegerman & Friess, New York City, for defendants Lacey and Corkran.

Robert M. Morgenthau, Dist. Atty., New York City for defendants Morgenthau and Holmes; Mark Dwyer, Mark Frazier Scholl, Asst. Dist. Attys., of counsel.

OPINION AND ORDER

OWEN, District Judge:

This class action,1 consolidated with other cases,2 arises out of an apparent pattern of seemingly race-based false arrests and prosecutions initiated by at least four New York City Transit Authority ("NYCTA") police officers from 1983 to 1987.3 According to plaintiffs, the officers, who sought to improve their arrest records in...

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