Legal Opinion
Mahoney v. National Organization for Women
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided December 10, 1987No. Civ. H-86-1552(AHN)PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANTS MOTIONS TO DISMISS
NEVAS, District Judge.
This case is before the court on Motions to Dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b), Fed.R. Civ.P. The cause of action arose when the defendants filed and publicly supported a prior federal civil rights damages lawsuit against the plaintiff and others who had proposed and actively campaigned for passage of a municipal referendum challenging access to abortion. The plaintiff alleges that through the prior suit the defendants attempted to deprive him of his constitutional right of access to the political process. Although the prior lawsuit was…
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