Legal Opinion
James C. Heaney v. The Government of Spain and Adolpho Gomero
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 2, 1971No. 35654_1PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Chief Judge:
James C. Heaney, a lawyer, brought this action in the District Court for the Western District of New York against the Government of Spain and its consular representative Adolpho Gomero. The complaint alleged that in 1968, having learned that Mr. Heaney had initiated civil rights litigation on behalf of residents of Northern Ireland against the British Government before the Human Rights Commission of the Council of Europe, the defendants contacted him through their agents while Heaney was visiting Northern Ireland. After Hea-ney returned to New York, he was allegedly…
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