Legal Opinion
Ersek v. Township of Springfield
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 9, 1996No. 95-1913PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
William Ersek, a golf professional who suffered employment reverses incident to adverse newspaper reports about an investigation of his stewardship at a Township-owned golf course, brought a federal civil rights action, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the Township and a number of its top officials on account of false statements made by one of the officials about the matter. Ersek’s appeal from the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants raises a number of interesting questions under § 1983. However, his claim founders because there is…
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