Legal Opinion

Freeman v. Town of Hudson

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided April 15, 2013No. 12-1356PublishedCited by 310 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Charles and Daniela Freeman appeal the dismissal of their section 1983 suit against the Town of Hudson, Massachusetts, one of its agencies, and several state and local officials. The events giving rise to this suit grew out of an allegation that the Freemans had breached a conservation restriction appurtenant to their Hudson home. Like the magistrate judge and district judge, we conclude that the Freemans’ complaint does not plead facts sufficient to support any of their federal claims, and we therefore affirm the judgment.

I. Background

As the dismissal was…

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