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HANDSCHU v. SPECIAL SERVICES DIV.

No. 71 Civ. 2203(CSH).

475 F.Supp.2d 331 (2007)

Barbara HANDSCHU, Ralph Digia, Alex McKeiver, Shaba Om, Curtis M. Powell, Abbie Hoffman, Mark A. Segal, Michael Zumoff, Kenneth Thomas, Robert Rusch, Anette T. Rubenstein, Michey Sheridan, Joe Sucher, Steven Fischler, Howard Blatt and Ellie Benzone, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. SPECIAL SERVICES DIVISION, a/k/a Bureau of Special Services, William H.T. Smith, Arthur Grubert, Michael Willis, William Knapp, Patrick Murphy, Police Department of the City of New York, John V. Lindsay and various unknown employees of the Police Department acting as under-cover operators and informers, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

February 15, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Chevigny, Jethro M. Eisenstein, Profeta & Eisenstein, Martin R. Stolar, Franklin Siegel, New York City, Attorneys for plaintiff class; Arthur Eisenberg, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York City, NY, appearing with attorneys for Plaintiff class.

Gail Donoghue, Peter G. Farrell, Specail Asst. Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HAIGHT, Senior District Judge.

To paraphrase Longfellow, this is the class action eternal.1 There will be a Handschu class action and a judge of this Court in charge of it for it as long as New York City stands, the New York Police Department ("NYPD") endeavors to balance protection of society with preservation of individual liberties, and the decision on how that balance should be struck rests with...

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