Matsuura v. E.I.. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that police department lacks separate identity under New York law
• dismissing complaint against the Nassau County Police Department as a non- suable entity since it is an administrative arm of the County of Nassau
• dismissing state law claims against government officials in their official capacities as duplicative
• “Under New York law, departments that are merely administrative arms of a municipality do not have a legal identity separate and apart from the municipality and, therefore, cannot sue or be sued.”
• “The Police Department is an administrative arm of the County[]. Under New York law, departments that are merely administrative arms of a municipality do not have a legal identity separate and apart from the municipality and, therefore, cannot sue or be sued.”
• “The Police Department is an administrative arm of the County of Nassau. Under New York law, departments that are merely administrative arms of a municipality do not have a legal identity separate and apart from the municipality and, therefore, cannot sue or 6 be sued.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).