Over the opposition of police unions, the new city administration’s request for remand of stop-and-frisk litigation against the New York Police Department to settle the cases was granted Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Judges John Walker, Jose Cabranes and Barrington Parker granted the motion by the Law Department to return Floyd v. City of New York and Ligon v. City of New York to the Southern District, where Judge Analisa Torres will preside over settlement talks.

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