Legal Opinion
Donald Roy, of Waterville, Kennebec County, State of Maine v. The City of Augusta, Maine
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 28, 1983No. 82-1942PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from the district court’s dismissal of a civil rights action for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. We hold that the action is barred as against defendant City of Augusta by the operation of res judicata but that the complaint should not have been dismissed as against the individual defendants as it states a possible claim against them under 42 U.S.C. § 1982.
Because this appeal is before us from a dismissal of the complaint, we construe the facts and pleadings in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. Cruz v. Beto,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by144 opinions
- Gilbert Roeder, Etc. v. Alpha Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Henry H. Amsden v. Thomas F. Moran, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- James Chongris and George Chongris v. Board of Appeals of the Town of AndoverCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Tyrone Andrews v. J. M. Daw, in His Individual CapacityCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- Barbara Conner v. Rudy G. ReinhardCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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