Legal Opinion
Gorman Towers, Inc. v. Bogoslavsky
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 22, 1980No. 79-1760PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
Gorman Towers (a developer) and James Lambeth (an architect) appeal the dismissal of their damage claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint named as defendants: (1) the city directors of Fort Smith, Arkansas, (2) the Fort Smith City Administrator, (3) a group of landowners who opposed a housing project proposed by Gorman Towers, and (4) the landowners’ attorney. The district court1 dismissed the claim against the public officials on the basis of legislative immunity and dismissed the claim against the private individuals on the basis of a First Amendment immunity.…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by116 opinions
- John A. Reed, Gerald G. Kaluzny, and Rbk, Ltd. v. Village of ShorewoodCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Kenneth R. Cate, Esquire, and Maher, Overchuck, Langa & Cate, a Florida Association v. Gordon G. Oldham, Jr., and State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Scott v. Greenville CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
- James E. Hernandez v. City of LafayetteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Bell v. MazzaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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