Special Collection: Stop-and-Frisk (NY)

Police stop several men in Brooklyn, NY

Police stop men in Brooklyn, NY

Runs with Scissors (2007)

The Stop-Question-and-Frisk program ("stop-and-frisk") in New York City, was a New York Police Department program in which police officers stopped and questioned hundreds of thousands of pedestrians, frisking them for weapons and other contraband. (This kind of stop is referred to as a "Terry stop" after Terry v. Ohio.) The program, and related search programs, were the subject of sustained litigation; the relevant cases are collected here.

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Belle v. New York

1:19-cv-02673 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 25, 2019

Closed Date: Dec. 16, 2022

This is a case about detaining people for warrant searches without reasonable suspicion. On March 25, 2019, two African-American and Latino men filed this putative class action lawsuit in the Souther…

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Ligon v. City of New York

1:12-cv-02274 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 28, 2012

Case Ongoing

This is one of four ongoing cases challenging the constitutionality of the New York Police Department's "Stop and Frisk" program. See: Floyd v. City of New York; Daniels v. City of New York; and Davi…

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Battle v. City of New York

1:11-cv-03599 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 21, 2011

Closed Date: 2012

On May 21, 2011, plaintiffs, two men of color, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and state law against the City of New York in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New Yo…

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Lino v. City of New York

106579/2010 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: May 19, 2010

Closed Date: 2013

On May 19, 2010, the New York Civil Liberties Union filed this putative class action suit on behalf of two male New York City residents who were allegedly stopped and frisked without reasonable suspi…

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Davis v. City of New York

1:10-cv-00699 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2010

Case Ongoing

This is one of four ongoing cases challenging the constitutionality of the New York Police Department's "Stop and Frisk" program. See: Floyd v. City of New York; Daniels v. City of New York; and Ligo…

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Blair v. City of New York

1:08-cv-04303 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 7, 2008

Closed Date: 2008

On May 7, 2008, a black New York City resident filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, represented by attorneys from…

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Floyd v. City of New York

1:08-cv-01034 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2008

Case Ongoing

This is one of four ongoing cases challenging the constitutionality of the New York Police Department's "Stop and Frisk" program. See Ligon v. City of New York; Daniels v. City of New York; Davis v. …

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Daniels v. City of New York

1:99-cv-01695 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 8, 1999

Closed Date: 2005

On March 8, 1999, a class of plaintiffs--consisting of individuals subjected to stop-and-frisks, without reasonable suspicion and on the basis of race and national origin, at the hands of the Street …

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