SCHNEIDER v. SIMONINI


749 A.2d 336 (2000)

163 N.J. 336

Frank SCHNEIDER, Jr., and Susan Schneider, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. State Investigator Donald SIMONINI and Deputy Chief Robert T. Buccino, Defendants-Respondents, and New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, State Investigator John Post, State Investigator Andrew O'Connor, Carlos Rodriguez and John D'Angelo, Defendants.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent J. D'Elia, Mount Laurel, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Glenn R. Jones, Deputy Attorney General, for defendants-respondents (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, Bertram P. Goltz, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).


> The opinion of the Court was delivered by COLEMAN, J.

This appeal involves a claim for a constitutional violation brought under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (Section 1983). We are asked primarily to decide whether sufficient probable cause existed to arrest Frank Schneider, Jr. (plaintiff) and, if not, whether defendants otherwise are entitled to qualified immunity. We must also revisit our summary judgment standard explicated...

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