A federal judge has found that a provision of the New York City charter allowing police to conduct warrantless inspections of the city’s pawn shops runs afoul of Fourth Amendment protections.

In a 56-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie of the Eastern District of New York also found that Gem Pawnbrokers, the plaintiff in the case, may proceed on its Monell claim that the city maintains a policy that violates constitutional protections against illegal search and seizure, and on its malicious prosecution claim.

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