Chahal v. Paine Webber Inc.

MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Southern District of New York entered pursuant to a decision of Chief Judge Motley granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing the complaint in this action for damages based on defendants’ alleged intimidation of a witness in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1985.1 Since the complaint pleads the necessary elements of such an action, albeit rather inartfully, and the papers raise material factual issues precluding summary judgment under Rule 56, we reverse.

Plaintiffs lost a considerable amount of money as a result of…