Legal Opinion
Fricker v. Town of Foster
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided October 24, 1984No. C.A. 84-0156 SPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SELYA, District Judge.
This is a civil action brought in this court on March 30, 1984 by Joseph W. Fricker against the Town of Foster, a Rhode Island municipality, and the five members of the town’s governing body, the Foster Town Council. These last-mentioned defendants (Franklin G. Arnold, Bruce D. Campbell, Joyce C. Hopkins, Paul W. Lunblad, and John F. Quinn) have been sued both individually and in their official capacity. The case is premised on this court’s federal question jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. § 1331. Pendent state-law claims are also asserted.
The matter is before…
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