Legal Opinion
Alfonse Reichenberger v. Rev. Richard Pritchard
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 21, 1981No. 80-2264PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
Appellants’ claim for injunctive and monetary relief under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983,1985(2) and 1985(3) were dismissed by the trial court for failure to state a cause of action pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). The court also awarded attorney’s fees to the prevailing defendants. The questions presented by this appeal are: (1) whether allegations that the defendants conspired to eliminate nude dancing in the plaintiffs’ nightclubs by interfering in various municipal administrative proceedings state a cause of action when neither the plaintiffs’ expressive activities nor business…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Baker v. McCollanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by122 opinions
- John A. Reed, Gerald G. Kaluzny, and Rbk, Ltd. v. Village of ShorewoodCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Thomas Crowder v. Russell E. LashCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Milo John Munson v. Wendell R. Friske, John Rybak, Jr., Kenneth Todd, and Ashland CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Easter House, an Illinois Not-For-Profit Corporation v. Thomas Felder, Florence McGuire and Joan SatoloeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- William Cefalu and Tyrone Cefalu, Plaintiffs-Appellants/cross-Appellees v. Village of Elk Grove, Defendants-Appellees/cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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