Legal Opinion
Spear v. Town of West Hartford
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 17, 1991No. Civ. H-90-682 (AHN)PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS
NEYAS, District Judge.
On August 22, 1990, John Spear (“Spear”) and Spear Printing Company, Inc. (“Spear Printing”), commenced this section 1983 action against the Town of West Hartford (“the Town”), Marjorie Wilder (“Wilder”), Corporation Counsel for the Town of West Hartford, Robert McCue (“McCue”), Police Chief and acting Town Manager for the Town of West Hartford, and Summit Women’s Center West, Inc. (“Summit”). 1 The plaintiffs allege violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments (Count I), vexatious litigation (Count II), and libel and defamation (Count…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Nicholson v. LenczewskiDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2005
- Spear v. Town of West HartfordCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Spear v. Town of West HartfordCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Shattuck v. Town of StratfordDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2002
- Julian v. New York City Transit AuthorityDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1994
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