Georgia Mae DOWNS, Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
Roberta SAWTELLE et al., Defendants, Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 9, 1977.
Decided March 30, 1978.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stephen D. Clapp, North Attleboro, Mass., with whom Armstrong, Pollis & Clapp, North Attleboro, Mass., Douglas A. Clapp, Michael J. Cunniff, and Stitham, Clapp & Cunniff, Pittsfield, Maine, were on brief for plaintiff, appellant.
Stephen H. Shook, Milo, Maine, with whom Edgerly & Shook, Milo, Maine, was on brief, for Davis A. Goodine, defendant, appellee.
Joseph M. Kozak, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, Maine, for Ruth A. Hagan, Marilyn B. Dow, and Mary Lou Pattison, defendants, appellees.
John L. Easton, Jr., Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, with whom C. W. & H. M. Hayes, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, was on brief, for Roberta Sawtelle, defendant, appellee.
Phillip D. Buckley, Bangor, Maine, for Carl H. Carlson, defendant, appellee.
Malcolm L. Lyons, Augusta, Maine, with whom Wathen & Wathen, Augusta, Maine, was on brief, for John B. Curtis, defendant, appellee.
John M. Wallach, Bangor, Maine, for Milo Community Hospital and Ava Strout, defendants, appellees.
Rudman, Winchell, Carter & Buckley, Bangor, Maine, on brief, for Carl H. Carlson, Milo Community Hospital and Ava Strout, defendants, appellees.
Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, TUTTLE, Circuit Judge, WOLLENBERG, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
Georgia Mae Downs, a deaf mute mother of two children born out of wedlock, brought this action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging a conspiracy to sterilize her against her will, to delay her marriage to her present husband, and to remove her second child from her custody, all in violation of her constitutional rights. Before trial, summary judgment was granted to defendants Milo Community Hospital, where the operation was performed...
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