HIGGINS v. CITY OF JOHNSTOWN, N.Y.

No. 96-CV-1732.

20 F.Supp.2d 422 (1998)

Sean HIGGINS; Mark Paton; and Reuben Knoblauch, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF JOHNSTOWN, NEW YORK; James L. Cook, Individually, and in his official capacity as Chief of Police; and Jack Papa, Individually, and in his official capacity as a member of the Johnstown City Council and Chairman of the Johnstown Public Safety Committee, Defendants.

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

September 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bohl, Della Rocca & Dorfman, P.C., Albany, NY, for plaintiffs.

Carter, Conboy, Case, Blackmore, Napierski & Maloney, P.C., Albany, NY, for defendants, James A. Resila, James B. Tuttle, of counsel.


MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

HURD, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs, all police officers for the City of Johnstown, New York, sued the defendants pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988 for violations of their rights under the First Amendment, Equal Protection Clause, and Substantive Due Process Clause of the United States and New York State Constitutions, as well as intentional infliction...

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