Legal Opinion
Tveraas v. Coffey
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided March 5, 1993No. 2:91-cv-00260PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PARKER, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, Michael Tveraas, has sued defendant, Donald Coffey, among others, in his individual capacity under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges first a violation of his right to due process by the initiation and prolongation of a malicious prosecution. Second, he claims that the defendant’s seizure and detention of four fisher cat pelts in relation to this prosecution was unreasonable. This action was filed on September 24, 1991. Earlier that year, the State dismissed the Vermont State Fish and Game case which had been initiated by the defendant, a state game…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Kent v. KatzDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 2001
- Hutchins v. PetersonDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 2001
- Tveraas v. CoffeyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993