KNIFE RIGHTS, INC. v. VANCE

Docket No. 13-4840-cv.

802 F.3d 377 (2015)

KNIFE RIGHTS, INC., John Copeland, Pedro Perez, Knife Rights Foundation, Inc., Native Leather, Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Cyrus VANCE, Jr., in his Official Capacity as the New York County District Attorney, City of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 22, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel L. Schmutter , Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Woodbridge, NJ, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Benjamin E. Rosenberg ( Patricia J. Bailey , on the brief), Assistant District Attorneys, for Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney of New York County, New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.

Michael J. Pastor , Senior Counsel ( Kristin M. Helmers , Counsel, on the brief), for Zachary W. Carter , Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee City of New York.

Before: KATZMANN, Chief Judge, KEARSE and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.


In this action for declaratory and injunctive relief, plaintiffs John Copeland, Pedro Perez, Native Leather, Ltd., Knife Rights, Inc., and Knife Rights Foundation, Inc., invoke 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to charge the City of New York and the New York County District Attorney, Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., with applying New York law...

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