Legal Opinion
Jessica L. Hayden, Nicole C. Merrill and Colleen M. Rhoads v. Richard Grayson, Chief of Police of the Town of Lisbon
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 22, 1998No. 97-1623PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs appeal from a district court judgment dismissing their equal protection claims against the Town of Lisbon, New Hampshire, and its chief of police, Richard Grayson, for failing to investigate allegations that their father abused them sexually while they were minors. We affirm.
I
BACKGROUND
Although the three sisters first lodged these allegations in 1983, Grayson took no action other than to misrepresent that the district attorney had declined to prosecute. Seven years later, after attaining their majority, plaintiffs discovered Grayson’s misrepresentation and…
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