Legal Opinion
James Francis v. Arthur T. Lyman
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 9, 1954No. 4842PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.
In an action for $500,000 damages under the Civil Rights Act, 8 U.S.C. (1946 ed.) § 43, 1 brought against an assorted group of public officials of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the district court entered judgment on February 26, 1954, dismissing the complaint as to each of the remaining defendants for failure of the plaintiff to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. The plaintiff thereupon took this appeal.
Prior to March 19, 1940, appellant James Francis, then 17 years of age, was a voluntary inmate of the Walter E. Fernald State School for the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Tenney v. BrandhoveSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Lane v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Stefanelli v. MinardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Picking v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by82 opinions
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- William Whirl v. C. v. (Buster) Kern and Fidelity and Deposit Company of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- William J. Bauers, Jr. v. Herbert T. Heisel, JrCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Sylvester Lockhart, Jr. v. Charles A. Hoenstine, Prothonotary of the Superior Court of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Nancy Pacelli, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Huron Loyd Cain v. Robert DevitoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
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