Legal Opinion
Jerome E. McGillicuddy v. John A. Clements, Etc., Ernst & Whinney, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 11, 1984No. 84-1228PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Ernst & Whinney, a private accounting partnership, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire denying its motion to dismiss a civil rights case against it for failure to state a claim. 1 Ernst & Whinney contends that the plaintiff, Jerome E. McGillicuddy, failed to allege sufficient factual allegations to estab lish that the accounting firm acted under color of state law, a prerequisite to a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We conclude that the allegations do not reach the level of specificity required…
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