Attorneys ‘dismayed’ by recent stop-and-frisk ruling
The United States 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, whose jurisdiction includes New York, issued a ruling “staying” Manhattan Federal Court Judge Shira Scheindlin’s decision in the cases of Floyd, et al. v. City of New York, et al. and Ligon, et al. v. City of New York, et al. Collectively known as the “stop and frisk cases,” Scheindlin’s August rulings rendered a number of police stops unconstitutional and determined that while the stop and frisk policy, on its face, is constitutional, the application bore unconstitutional results.
New York City had vowed to appeal Scheindlin’s decision, with Mayor Bloomberg noting, “Throughout the case, we didn’t believe that we were getting a fair trial. This decision confirms that suspicion, and we will be presenting evidence of that unfairness to the Appeals Court.” The city brought their fight to the Appeals court and procured a tempered victory.