United States Third Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, a state trooper is not entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law where facts do not show that he acted objectively reasonably in mistaking a port authority police officer for an armed criminal suspect.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/02/2002
• Published 08/02/2002

Judges

• BEFORE:  ROTH, AMBRO and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David S. Gould (argued), Steven L. Salzman, New York, NY, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Leonard C. Leicht (argued), Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Arbutyn & Lisowski, Livingston, NJ, for Appellee.