Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Ford Motor Co.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided April 11, 2001No. Civ. A.99-451PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORLOFSKY, District Judge.
In this hotly contested products liability case, the parties have appealed and cross-appealed from a decision of United States Magistrate Judge Joel B. Rosen which requires this Court to examine the scope of New Jersey’s so-called “litigation privilege” and the reach of the first clause of 42 U.S.C. § 1985(2), a post Civil War civil rights statute, which prohibits conspiracies to intimidate or retaliate against parties, witnesses or grand or petit jurors in any court of the United States.
At its inception, this wrongful death products liability case, brought…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- In Re Burlington Coat Factory Securities Litigation. P. Gregory Buchanan, Jacob Turner and Ronald AbramoffCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Silberg v. AndersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
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