Legal Opinion
Robin Dooley and Patrick Matz v. Jerome Reiss, Ken McAlpine Mike Manley, Randy Worrell, Dale Wilcox and Stephen Marks
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1984No. 83-6439PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Horticulturally speaking, this case is a sucker springing from the roots of another civil rights action. Plaintiffs appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their complaint alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985(2), and 1986. The complaint alleges that defendants conspired to commit perjury and to conceal evidence in a separate section 1983 action against certain defendants also involved in this case. The district court dismissed the complaint with prejudice for failure to state a claim and awarded attorney’s fees to one of the defendants pursuant to 42…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Hughes v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Cruz v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Gomez v. ToledoSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by64 opinions
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- Ronald E. Ting v. United States of America the Federal Bureau of Investigation Drug Enforcement Administration Internal Revenue Service Joe SheehanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- Brown v. Borough of ChambersburgCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Dixon v. City of LawtonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
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