Legal Opinion
Bernard E. Rumery, Jr. v. Town of Newton, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 2, 1985No. 85-1508PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:
Bernard E. Rumery, Jr. (“appellant”) appeals from a judgment entered April 30, 1985 in the District of New Hampshire, Martin F. Loughlin, District Judge, granting defendants’ motion to dismiss appellant’s § 1983 claim and various pendent state law claims. The district court dismissed the complaint based on appellant’s prior execution of a covenant not to sue, negotiated in exchange for the state prosecutor’s decision to nolle prosequi a criminal case against appellant on a witness tampering charge. On appeal, Rumery contends that the district court erred in holding that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Vertia Boyd v. Raymond AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Miller A. Dixon v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Hugh Wendell MacDonald v. James A. MusickCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Jones v. TaberCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Bushnell v. RossettiCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by23 opinions
- United States v. BrandonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- Oliveri v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Town of Newton v. RumerySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Josiah Haynesworth and Fred Hancock v. Frank P. Miller, Chief, Law Enforcement Section, Office of the Corporation Counsel, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Oliveri v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
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