Legal Opinion
Greenwich Citizens Committee, Inc. v. Counties of Warren & Washington Industrial Development Agency
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 16, 1996No. Nos. 70, 71 and 154, Docket 94-9258, 94-9288, and 94-9290PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
• JON 0. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:
This appeal primarily concerns the state-of-mind requirement for governmental liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of the First Amendment arising out of retaliatory state action. The principal issue is whether a governmental defendant in an underlying state court lawsuit must be shown to have acted with retaliatory intent in filing counterclaims before it may be held liable for *28chilling the First Amendment rights of the plaintiffs who brought the lawsuit. This issue arises on an appeal by Appellants-Cross-Appellees Counties of Warren and…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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