Legal Opinion
Brockton Power LLC v. City of Brockton
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 30, 2013No. Civil No. 12-11047-LTSPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS
SOROKIN, United States Chief Magistrate Judge.
The plaintiffs are developers who wish to build an electric power generating facility on land they own in Brockton, Massachusetts (“the City”). They have sued the City, its planning board and city council, and seven of its present and former officials, alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law based on a “con-spir[aey] to systematically deprive [the] plaintiffs of [various] constitutional rights,” including “the right to develop their land.” Doc. No. 48 at ¶ 2. All defendants except…
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