Case Name: Stanley Brown et al., Appellants, v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1991-12-12
Citations: 178 A.D.2d 242
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stanley Brown et al., Appellants, v Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 178
Pages: 242–242

Head Matter:
Stanley Brown et al., Appellants, v Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Respondent.

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Francis Pecora, J.), entered May 15, 1991, which, upon renewal, denied plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment, is unanimously affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
In this action brought to recover damages for false arrest, plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment was properly denied. The record does not conclusively show that plaintiffs' "confinement was not otherwise privileged". (Broughton v State of New York, 37 NY2d 451, 456, cert denied sub nom. Schanbarger v Kellogg, 423 US 929.) The averments of the police which support the conclusion that plaintiffs' arrests were justified, are in conflict with those offered by the plaintiffs in support of the motion and, thus, raised issues of fact. One of these issues is whether an exigent circumstance existed which justified a police order to plaintiffs to either leave the scene or perform their duties. Concur—Milonas, J. P., Rosenberger, Kupferman, Ross and Asch, JJ.