Legal Opinion
Richard Winn David Ehrlich Newlin Corporation and Somerset of Virginia, Inc. v. Wayne L. Lynn
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 4, 1991No. 91-1033PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The appellants appeal from the District Court’s Order dated August 6, 1990, 1990 WL 115920, which denied their motion to amend the complaint to include two government officials, in both their professional and individual capacities, who caused an ex parte order to be issued against the appellants. We hold that the district court did not err in finding that these officials are subject to qualified immunity from suit.
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In 1975, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (“DER”) issued various permits to operate the Strasburg Landfill. The…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Malley v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Berkovitz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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