Legal Opinion
Amnesty America v. Town of West Hartford
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 15, 2004No. 03-7332PublishedCited by 924 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants William E. Waugh, Suzanne C. Verdi, R.N., Harry M. Ong, Eleanor Brady, and Edward Dombroski (collectively, the “plaintiffs”) appeal from the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Dorsey, S.J.), granting summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, the Town of West Hartford (“defendant” or “the Town”). In 1992, plaintiffs filed this lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that they were the victims of excessive force perpetrated by the Town’s police officers at two peaceful anti-abortion protests…
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