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Sampson v. Schenectady, No. 99-CV-1331 (N.D.N.Y.) (160 F.Supp.2d 336) (August 16, 2001) (Judge Lawrence E. Kahn)

Loaded on July 1, 2001 published in Punch and Jurists July 30, 2001
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.

In this case, Judge Kahn held that police officers who violate a person’s civil rights are not immune from damages and are not entitled to assert a defense of qualified immunity in a lawsuit charging them with civil rights violations - even if the policemen claim that they were following ...

 

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