Legal Opinion
Peck v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 25, 1979No. 76 Civ. 983 (CES)PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
STEWART, District Judge:
Plaintiff filed this civil action against several named and unnamed FBI agents and the United States seeking damages and declaratory relief for alleged violations of his rights under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution, under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985(3) and 1986 and under the common law of Alabama. Jurisdiction is founded upon 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331(a), 1343(3) and (4), and 1346(b). The defendants moved to dismiss the action arguing inter alia that plaintiff failed to state a claim upon which relief can…
2Cases cited105 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Hobson v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Barrett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Hauptmann v. WilentzDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1983
- Sibyl Harrison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Reverend W. Eugene Scott, Phd. v. Joel RosenbergCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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