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MATTER OF SOWA v. LOONEY

23 N.Y.2d 329 (1968)

In the Matter of Aleck P. Sowa, Respondent, v. Francis B. Looney, as Commissioner of the Nassau County Police Department, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 11, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris H. Schneider, County Attorney (Seymour S. Ross of counsel), for appellants.

James G. Blake for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING and BREITEL concur.

JASEN, J.

This is an article 78 proceeding to review a determination by the Commissioner of the Nassau County Police Department dismissing petitioner from the police department.

Complainant, a 21-year-old woman, was driving along a lonely road in petitioner's area of patrol at 1:15 in the morning when she was stopped for speeding by a Nassau County police officer. Later that day, complainant accused petitioner...

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