HARRISON v. BROOKS

No. 74-1382.

519 F.2d 1358 (1975)

Tredwell A. HARRISON et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. William G. BROOKS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas A. Randall, Quincy, Mass., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jacob J. Locke, Boston, Mass., with whom Ficksman & Conley, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Richard A. Hunt, appellee.

Joseph P. Hurley, Braintree, Mass., for Daniel A. Maloney, appellee.

Dace J. Moore, Boston, Mass., for William G. Brooks, appellee.

Alfred E. Nugent, Boston, Mass., with whom Dolbec, Nugent & Worthington, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Joseph M. Magaldi, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Harrison and his wife brought this civil rights action in 1968 against certain officials of the Town of Braintree.1 The court dismissed the complaint for want of jurisdiction. We upheld the dismissal as to the first eight counts brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, but reversed as to counts IX and X which purported to state claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3). Harrison v. Brooks,

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