Legal Opinion
Wilber v. Curtis
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 20, 2017No. 16-2250PPublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns a challenge to a summary judgment ruling that dismissed a lawsuit that a Massachusetts property owner brought against three police officers. The suit addressed the owner’s arrest for actions that he took in connection with his objection to the clearing of vegetation on his property by the work crew for an electrical utility, which held an easement to the property. We affirm the grant of summary judgment in part and vacate in part.
I
We first recount the following undisputed facts. We take them from the unchallenged findings that are set forth in the…
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