Legal Opinion
Desjardins v. Willard
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 23, 2015No. 14-1786PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
What is left of this case after dismissal of the federal claims involves state law defamation and false light claims by one town official for the town of Raymond, Maine, against another town official. 1 This case started in state superior court, and was removed based on federal claims under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. The federal claims were, as we discuss below, correctly dismissed. The remaining state law claims under supplemental jurisdiction involve resolution of a potential conflict between Maine’s- AntiSLAPP statute, Me.Rev.Stat. tit. 14, § 556, and Maine’s…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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