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· 1/2/1992

East Coast Novelty Co., Inc. v. City of New York

Citations

  • 781 F. Supp. 999
  • 1992 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18
  • 1992 WL 769

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  • “[A] police department is not a proper defendant in a Section 1983 action, since it is merely a vehicle through which the City fulfills its policing functions.”

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Judges: Sweet

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