NYC Police Union cannot intervene in NYPD Stop and Frisk Case
The Court of Appeals reviewed and affirmed the District Court’s decision to deny the Police Unions’ motion to intervene pursuant to using an abuse of discretion review in the newsworthy stop and frisk case. Background: On August 12, 2013, after a bench trial that followed plaintiffs’ withdrawal of claims for money damages and claims against individual defendants, Judge Scheindlin issued an order in Floyd v. City of New York, finding that the City had violated the Fourth and F