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· 11/19/2001

Martinez v. City of Schenectady

Citations

  • 761 N.E.2d 560
  • 97 N.Y.2d 78
  • 735 N.Y.S.2d 868
  • 2001 N.Y. LEXIS 3416

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a tort claim for money damages was unavailable because reversal of the plaintiff’s prior conviction provided an adequate remedy
  • holding that a tort claim for money damages was unavailable because reversal of the plaintiff’s prior conviction provided an adequate remedy
  • holding that a tort claim for money damages was unavailable because reversal of the plaintiff’s prior conviction provided an adequate remedy
  • explaining that New York false imprisonment requires a defendant “intended” to confine a plaintiff
  • finding no favorable termination where the plaintiff’s conviction was reversed “not because of [the plaintiff’s] lack of culpability” but because the “conviction was obtained pursuant to a faulty search warrant”
  • “A termination is not favorable ... where a prosecution ends because of a compromise with the accused”

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Judges: Kaye

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