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SKEVOFILAX v. QUIGLEY

Civ. A. No. 79-2783.

586 F.Supp. 532 (1984)

Marcos SKEVOFILAX, Louise Skevofilax, and Michael Michaels, Plaintiffs, v. Sergeant William QUIGLEY, Patrolman Charles L. Fekete, Patrolman Dominick Semenza, Patrolman Fred Galati, Patrolman Roger Boettinger, Patrolman Donald Merker, Patrolman William Revill, Sergeant Louis La Plaga, Sergeant Harold Thomas, individually, and as Police Officers of the Police Department of Edison Township, New Jersey, William T. Fisher, individually and as Chief of the Police Department of Edison Township, New Jersey, Township of Edison, New Jersey, George Leontarakis, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

May 2, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira Leitel, New York City, Sara Halbert, Rafael Abramovitz, Brooklyn, N.Y., for plaintiffs.

Peter A. DeSarno, Edison, N.J., for defendant Fisher.

Richard A. Amdur, by John Boyle, Oakhurst, N.J., for defendants Captain's Wheel, Leontarkis & GPAJ, Inc.

C. Douglas Reina, Abrams, Dalto, Gran, Hendricks & Reina, South Plainfield, N.J., for defendant Quigley.

Scott Telson, Lombardi & Lombardi, Edison, N.J., for defendant Estate of Thomas.

Bernard F. Boglioli, West Long Branch, N.J., for defendant Tp. of Edison.

Barry Albin, Morris Brown, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Woodbridge, N.J., for defendant La Plaga.

Joseph Benedict, Benedict & Altman, North Brunswick, N.J., for defendant Galati.

George Hendricks, Hendricks & Adochio, New Brunswick, N.J., for defendant Fekete.

Michael Justin, Woodbridge, N.J., for defendant Semenza.

John Stockel, Perth Amboy, N.J., for defendant Merker.

Lawrence Bitterman, Bitterman & Buono, New Brunswick, N.J., for defendant Revill.

James D'Alessandro, Such & D'Alessandro, West Orange, N.J., for defendant Boettinger.

OPINION

BARRY, District Judge.

This action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, arises from an altercation between plaintiffs Marcos Skevofilax and Michael Michaels and various Edison Township police officers. The court is confronted, in this pretrial setting, with the question of whether the defendant policemen's claims of qualified immunity should be decided by the court or by the jury. This issue has become pertinent because of the change in the...

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