Legal Opinion
Sweeney v. Abramovitz
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 13, 1978No. Civ. N-77-467PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION TO REMAND
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This motion to remand a suit removed from state court appears to present an issue of first impression as to the jurisdiction of a federal court to hear a claim for malicious prosecution of a civil suit, where the prior suit had been brought pursuant to a federal statute.
The dispute stems from an incident in which Michael Sweeney, a New Haven police officer and respondent on this motion, arrested Dr. Robert Abramovitz, the petitioner. Thereafter Abramovitz sued Sweeney and others in this Court, alleging essentially a cause of action under 42…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Georgia v. RachelSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- American Well Works Company v. Layne and Bowler CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Illinois v. City of MilwaukeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Smith v. Kansas City Title & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Carl E. Berg v. Hayden Leason Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe Paul AlexanderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Tarkowski v. County of LakeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Garvin v. Alumax of South Carolina, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
- Brame v. Ray Bills Finance Corp.District Court, N.D. New York · 1979
- California Republican Party v. MercierDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1986
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