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WALKER v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 1783, Docket 92-7365.

974 F.2d 293 (1992)

James WALKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 4, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas S. Liebhafsky, New York City (Claire D. Chappell, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

A. Orli Spanier, New York City (O. Peter Sherwood, Corp. Counsel, Ellen B. Fishman, David Lock, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before: NEWMAN, PRATT, and WALKER, Circuit Judges.

WALKER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff James Walker spent nineteen years in prison for a crime that it now appears he did not commit. In 1971 police officers and prosecutors covered up exculpatory evidence and committed perjury in order to insure Walker's conviction despite their knowledge of Walker's probable innocence. After unearthing facts critically undermining the state's case against him, Walker won his release from prison in 1990. Walker then filed suit under 42...

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