Legal Opinion

Patrick F. McBride and Sonya S. McBride v. Steven H. Taylor and Dwight A. Sewall

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided January 30, 1991No. 90-1528PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ATKINS, Senior District Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the district court’s denial of the defendants’ motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. The defendants, officials with the Farmers Home Administration (hereinafter “FmHA”), sued in their individual capacities, are alleged to have deprived the McBrides, poultry farmers, of an established property interest in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Despite our determination that this appeal was timely filed, 1 we reverse. While we do not condone the defendants’ deceitful conduct, we…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Davis v. SchererSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Kelley v. LaForceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
  2. Febus-Rodriguez v. Betancourt-LebronCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
  3. Wood v. MCC SuperintendantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
  4. Cotnoir v. University of Maine SystemsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
  5. Donna Singer v. State of Maine, John LafaverCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995

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