Legal Opinion
Segni v. Commercial Office of Spain
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 15, 1987No. Nos. 87-1154, 87-1258PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
We have raised on our own initiative the question whether to dismiss these two cases, which present related questions of our appellate jurisdiction.
Creek. This is a suit charging violations of the plaintiffs’ civil rights. The defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that their conduct enjoys an “absolute immunity” by virtue of the guarantee in the First Amendment of the right to petition government for redress of grievances. The district judge denied the motion and the defendants filed a notice of appeal. Although the suit in the district court is of…
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