Legal Opinion
Tower v. Leslie-Brown
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 22, 2003No. 02-1904PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from the events surrounding the arrest of plaintiff William Tower, Jr., and the subsequent removal of the Tower children from their home. The plaintiffs appeal the denial of their motion for judgment on the pleadings as well as the granting of defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the plaintiffs’ numerous civil rights claims. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
We review the district court’s decision de novo, viewing the facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs. See Macone v. Town of Wakefield, 277 F.3d 1, 5 (1st Cir.2002). Plaintiffs William Tower,…
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