POSR v. DOHERTY

Nos. 1042, 1155, Dockets 90-7914, 90-7916.

944 F.2d 91 (1991)

Posr Amojo POSR, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. New York City Police Officer Kevin DOHERTY, Shield # 4478, and New York City Police Officer, Thomas Holihan, Shield # 9061, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James I. Myerson, New York City, for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Marian P. McElhinney, New York City (Victor A. Kovner, Corp. Counsel of the City of New York, Stephen J. McGrath, John P. Woods, Lisa A. Miller, of counsel), for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Before PIERCE, WINTER and WALKER, Circuit Judges.


WALKER, Circuit Judge:

Posr Amojo Posr appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, (Robert J. Sweet, Judge) following a jury trial on Posr's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law tort claims arising from an altercation between him and several New York City Police officers, among them officers Kevin Doherty and Thomas Holihan, at a protest march for the homeless in New York City on February 14, 1987. At trial...

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