Sisk v. Levings

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs, the manager and directors of Bear Creek Water Association (Bear Creek *160Directors), a nonprofit rural water association, brought the instant suit against the mayor and board of aldermen of the City of Madison, Mississippi (Madison city officials) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. In their section 1983 suit, the Bear Creek Directors allege that the Madison city officials deprived them of due process by initiating purportedly unfounded and malicious legal proceedings challenging the authority of the Bear Creek Directors to govern the Bear Creek Water Association…