Thomas Lee was quoted in a New York Times article about a lawsuit filed following arrests made during marches and rallies surrounding the anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests.
Another professor, Thomas H. Lee of Fordham University School of Law, who has an expertise in constitutional law and the federal courts, said that the complaint was “well written” and could go forward against the individual commanders. But it would be difficult to attach liability to the city, he said, because of a 2011 Supreme Court decision that the district attorney’s office in New Orleans was not accountable for failing to train a prosecutor who withheld exculpatory evidence during a murder trial.
“These plaintiffs are going to have a really tough time making a case,” Mr. Lee said.