Legal Opinion
Pocket Books, Inc. v. Walsh
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 13, 1962No. Civ. A. 9245PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARIE, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Pocket Books, Inc., seeks damages and injunctive relief against the defendant-police officials. The claims for relief are based on the alleged unlawful suppression of the distribution and sale of a book published by the plaintiff and distributed for sale in the cities of Bridgeport and Waterbury. The allegations of the complaint are broad enough to encompass at least two possible theories of recovery: (1) common law tort of interference with a business relation and (2) an action based on the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1981 et seq. The case is…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- State v. SulSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
- Joshua Meier Company, Inc. v. Albany Novelty Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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