AELE LAW LIBRARY OF CASE SUMMARIES:
Civil Liability
of Law Enforcement Agencies & Personnel


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Procedural: Summary Judgment

     {N/R} Summary judgment is granted as to all defendants on all of the plaintiffs' 1983 claims of failure to supervise, failure to intervene or protect, denial of medical treatment, unlawful retaliation for First Amendment conduct, negligent infliction of emotional distress and negligence. The ruling affected 9 separate lawsuits arising from a 1995 incident between more than 200 plaintiff members of the Universal Calvary Church and 22 individually named NYPD officers and NYC officials. Universal Calvary Church v. City of New York, 2000 U.S. Dist. Lexis 17037 (S.D.N.Y.)
     271:99 U.S. Supreme Court holds that federal appeals court did not have jurisdiction to review trial court's denial of county's summary judgment motion in federal civil rights case Swint v. Chambers County Commission, 115 S.Ct. 1203 (1995).
     Federal trial judge improperly granted summary judgment to defendant police officers in civil rights lawsuit when he failed to state his reasons for issuing the order. Sims v. Lucas, 9 F.3d 1293 (7th Cir. 1993).

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