Legal Opinion
Musso v. Hourigan
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 5, 1988No. 49 Docket 87-7226PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PIERCE, Circuit Judge:
This is an interlocutory appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Jose A. Cabranes, Judge, granting in part and denying in part defendants-appellants’ joint motion for summary judgment. The district court denied their motions with respect to the plaintiff-appellee’s claim for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of his first amendment rights, on the ground that appellants had not established their defense of qualified immunity. The court granted summary judgment as to one of the appellants, however, and denied it…
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