Legal Opinion

Tredwell A. Harrison v. William G. Brooks

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 4, 1975No. 74-1382PublishedCited by 76 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Harrison and his wife brought this civil rights action in 1968 against certain officials of the Town of Braintree. 1 The court dismissed the complaint for want of jurisdiction. We upheld the dismissal as to the first eight counts brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, but reversed as to counts IX and X which purported to state claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3). Harrison v. Brooks, 446 F.2d 404 (1st Cir. 1971). Trial began in September 1974, and the court granted defendants’ motions for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiffs’ case and denied plaintiffs’ motion…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Kennedy Park Homes Ass'n v. City of LackawannaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
  3. Glenn W. Bricker, M.D. v. Henry D. Crane, Jr., M.D.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
  4. Tredwell A. Harrison and M. Gale Harrison v. William G. BrooksCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971
  5. Harrison v. Building Inspector of BraintreeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966

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3Cited by76 opinions

  1. Robert C. Hahn v. Francis W. SargentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
  2. Alan Aulson Et Ux. Maureen Aulson v. Charles BlanchardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
  3. Creative Environments, Inc. v. Robert EstabrookCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
  4. Gary Baskin and Beulah Baskin v. Eugene Parker and Curtis L. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  5. Romero-Barcelo v. Hernandez-AgostoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996

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