Boris Raishevich v. Charles Foster, Agent or Employee of the Nys Police

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that a plaintiff who obtains via agreement “the same general type” of relief sought may qualify as a prevailing party (quoting Lyte v. Sara Lee Corp., 950 F.2d 101, 104 (2d Cir. 1991))
• fixing value where 347 transparencies were seized and later destroyed while in police custody although plaintiff “provided little to no evidence indicating the uniqueness of his work”
• “Although the Bigelow principle should be applied, it should not be applied twice.”
• “If the plaintiff’s inability to prove an exact amount of damages arises from actions of the defendant, a factfinder has some latitude to make a just and reasonable estimate of damages based on relevant data.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).