Legal Opinion
Gene Flinn v. Elaine Gordon, Dexter Lehtinen
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 15, 1985No. 84-5964PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case was initiated by the appellee, Gene Flinn, against the appellant, Elaine Gordon, and four other defendants, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, to recover for damage to Flinn’s political and personal reputation allegedly caused by the defendants’ conduct. The district court denied Gordon’s motion to dismiss the complaint and she appeals from that order. We find that the complaint fails to state a cause of action against Gordon and reverse the judgment of the district court.
Flinn was elected to the…
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