Legal Opinion
Tredwell A. Harrison and M. Gale Harrison v. William G. Brooks
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 27, 1971No. 71-1055_1PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McENTEE, Circuit Judge.
Tredwell A. Harrison and his wife Gale of the Town of Braintree, Massachusetts, brought this civil rights action against certain officials of said town 1 for damages caused by the failure of said officials to enforce the zoning by-laws of the town and for conspiring to protect and prefer the interests of Textron Industries, Inc., which had a factory there, over the legal rights of the plaintiffs. The suit was brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985. Jurisdiction is said to be founded on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343. The district court dismissed the case for want of…
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