191 F. Supp. 2d 283 - Helmer v. Middaugh’s Empirical Analysis
2002
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1 state decisions
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Sheppard v. Beerman · Kaluczky v. City of White Plains · Albert v. Carovano · Johnson v. State of New York
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“[Lt. Lisi’s] sole involvement is that he is alleged to have ordered an[] autopsy and photographs of B. Helmer’s body, and to have published the autopsy photographs to others, in violation of B. Helmer’s and the Helmer family’s right to privacy. With regard to the claims of B. Helmer, Lt. Lisi must be dismissed. Even assuming all of the facts in the favor of the plaintiff, a dead man does not have any constitutional rights. As the allegations concerning Lt. Lisi are limited to conduct occurring after the death of B. Helmer, plaintiffs amended complaint does not allege a viable cause of action against him. In addition, because the proposed Second Amended Complaint alleges no additional facts to demonstrate Lt. Lisi’s involvement prior to the death of B. Helmer, it does not cure this fatal defect as to Lt. Lisi. (See Proposed Sec. Am. Compl. ¶¶ 81-89.)”
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