Floyd v. City of New York, 2008 WL 4179210 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 10, 2008)
Key Insight: Where all information in particular NYPD database was relevant to plaintiffs? claims and not subject to law enforcement privilege, court granted plaintiffs? motion to compel production of data with exception of names of suspects and police officers and subject in part to protective order to be negotiated by parties or imposed by court
Nature of Case: Class action alleging defendants sanction a policy and practice of stop and frisks by the New York Police Department on the basis of race and ethnicity
Electronic Data Involved: NYPD database