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ERNST v. BOROUGH OF FORT LEE

Civ. A. No. 88-3474 (MTB).

739 F.Supp. 220 (1990)

William ERNST and Lynette Ernst, Plaintiffs, v. BOROUGH OF FORT LEE, Police Officer Wayne Monico, Police Officer William Cullen, Police Officer Gary Moleta, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

June 5, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Weichsel, Hackensack, N.J., for plaintiffs.

Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski by Jeffrey M. Kadish, Livingston, N.J., for defendants.

OPINION

BARRY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This lawsuit had its genesis in the arrest of plaintiff William Ernst ("Ernst") by officers of the Borough of Fort Lee on the evening of July 10, 1987. That evening, Ernst was driving with his wife, Lynette, also a plaintiff, when two police officers noted "suspicious materials" in Ernsts' vehicle and radioed into headquarters for a license plate check. When they were advised that the registration...

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