Legal Opinion
Arthur B. Powers v. Glenn E. Coe and Austin J. McGuigan
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 10, 1984No. 137, Docket 83-7385PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is by Arthur B. Powers, former Commissioner of the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation, from the dismissal of his civil action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Powers sued Austin J. McGuigan, Chief State’s Attorney for the State of Connecticut, and Assistant State’s Attorney Glenn E. Coe, 1 McGuigan’s former chief trial counsel, in connection with their initiation and conduct of a one-person grand jury investigation into the Connecticut Department of Transportation, and the subsequent prosecution of Powers. Numerous claims of deprivations of…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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3Cited by107 opinions
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