Legal Opinion
Daniel J. Roche Et Ux. Valerie Roche v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 16, 1996No. 14-1425PublishedCited by 347 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to consider whether a private party should be held liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for an arrest and unsuccessful prosecution that followed on the heels of its detailed report of suspected wrongdoing to the authorities. The district court found no competent evidence that the defendant violated § 1983, discerned no merit in the plaintiffs’ other claims, and granted brevis disposition. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. Descrying no error, we affirm.
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Background
We limn the facts in the light most hospitable to the summary judgment loser, consistent with record…
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