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HOLODNAK v. AVCO CORP., AVCO-LYCOMING DIV., STRATFORD

No. 616, Docket 74-2381.

514 F.2d 285 (1975)

Michael HOLODNAK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AVCO CORPORATION, AVCO-LYCOMING DIVISION, STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 18, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren G. Sullivan, Greenwich, Conn. (Pullman, Comley, Bradley & Reeves, Bridgeport, Conn., on the brief, Edward Maum Sheehy, Robert J. Cooney, Bridgeport, Conn., of counsel), for appellant.

Eugene N. Sosnoff, New Haven, Conn. (Sosnoff, Cooper & Whitney, New Haven, Conn., on the brief), for appellee.

Frank Cochran, Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., Hartford, Conn., as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, and MANSFIELD and OAKES, Circuit Judges.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:

Although several points with little merit are before us, in the main we are presented with two issues requiring decision: whether the Government has become sufficiently entangled in the actions of a private party to warrant a requirement that such conduct conform to constitutional standards of behavior; and whether punitive damages are available against a private party which has failed to measure up to those standards. Avco Corporation...

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