LeCLAIR v. SAUNDERS

Nos. 1070, 1098, Dockets 79-7113, 79-7759.

627 F.2d 606 (1980)

Harmasse LeCLAIR and Elizabeth LeClair, Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. William SAUNDERS, Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 10, 1980.

As Amended on Rehearing September 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell J. Sikora, Asst. Atty. Gen., Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass. (Gerald J. Caruso, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for appellant-cross-appellee.

Peter F. Langrock, Middlebury, Vt. (Susan F. Humphrey, Langrock, Sperry, Parker & Stahl, Middlebury, Vt., of counsel), for appellees-cross-appellants.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, OAKES, Circuit Judge, and TENNEY, District Judge.


OAKES, Circuit Judge:

A dairy farm inspector employed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, William Saunders, appeals from an adverse judgment in an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging a violation of equal protection of the laws, brought by appellees Harmasse ("Red") and Elizabeth LeClair, owners of a Vermont dairy farm. Following a two-day jury trial in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, before Albert W. Coffrin, Judge, the jury...

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