OLIVEIRA v. MAYER

No. 1013, Docket 93-7813.

23 F.3d 642 (1994)

Luis OLIVEIRA, Milton Oliveira and Elias Moreiro, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. George MAYER, Chief, Stamford Police Department, Gregory Tomlin, Captain, Stamford Police Dept., John Rainone, Officer, Stamford Police Dept., John F. Scalise, Officer, Stamford Police Dept., Laurie Bretthauer, Officer, Stamford Police Dept., Sean Cooney, Officer, Stamford Police Dept., Douglas Robinson, Officer, Stamford Police Dept., Defendants-Appellants, Kristal Walkley, Sergeant, Stamford Police Dept., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James V. Minor, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Stamford, Conn. (Daniel M. McCabe, Corp. Counsel, Stamford, CT, on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

Philip Russell, Greenwich, CT (Roy S. Ward, Russell & Wells, Greenwich, CT, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, CARDAMONE and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

This appeal primarily concerns the interplay, in the context of a jury trial, between the Fourth Amendment standards for making arrests and stops and the standard for allowing the defense of qualified immunity. Seven police officers for the City of Stamford, Connecticut, appeal from a judgment entered July 7, 1993, by the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (T.F. Gilroy Daly, Judge) awarding plaintiffs Luis Oliveira...

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