General Motors Corp. v. City of Linden

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

POLLOCK, J.

The dispositive issue is whether General Motors Corporation (GM) may maintain an action under 42 U.S.C.A § 1983 (section 1983) 1 against defendants: City of Linden; Emanuel Frangella, Linden’s tax assessor; and Richard Chaiken, a property appraiser retained by Frangella. Essentially, GM claims that defendants discriminated against it by assessing GM’s automobile assembly plant in violation of GM’s due process rights. Underlying that claim is GM’s contention that defendants reassessed the plant at an excessive value in retaliation for GM’s…