Plaintiffs seeking to prevent police from stopping and frisking them at private residential apartment buildings in New York City will get a full hearing and be able to put on evidence in support of their motion for a preliminary injunction, a federal judge has ruled.

Southern District Judge Shira Scheindlin (See Profile) denied a request by city lawyers to use her equitable powers to summarily deny plaintiffs’ request for an injunction without a hearing in the litigation over “Operation Clean Halls.”