4th Amendment Rights

Unreasonable Search and Seizure

On October 31, 2013, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted the City's request for a stay on the stop-and-frisk remedies mandated by the Federal district...
By Erwin Chemerinsky November 5, 2013 Judges are human and sometimes getting caught up in the emotions of high profile cases causes them to make serious errors. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court...
October 2013
While she did not halt the use of stop-and-frisk, Scheindlin appointed a federal court monitor to oversee a series of reforms. The city appealed Scheindlin’s ruling, saying it made officers...
Achieving justice for racial discrimination has long been fraught with obstacles. During the civil rights era, it was Southern governors and school boards who blatantly obstructed court orders to...
Join CCR on the steps of City Hall to oppose the City’s request that remedies to reform the NYPD’s stop and frisk practices be delayed. Labor organizations, community groups, and others...

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