Legal Opinion
Lester Slotnick v. Paul Garfinkle
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 14, 1980No. 80-1212, 80-1375PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Per curiam
In a complaint filed February 9, 1977 Lester Slotnick alleged that six attorneys, two state court judges, a state court clerk, a justice of the peace, the superintendent of a state hospital and a county sheriff, acting in a conspiracy and as individuals, deprived him of his liberty without due process. The complaint was brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985(3) (1976).
Much in Slotnick’s pleadings is conclusory and contradictory, but his allegations are essentially as follows: Paul Garfinkle, an attorney, on or before April 14, 1976, petitioned a Massachusetts state court to find Slotnick in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by134 opinions
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