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OWENS v. HAAS

No. 825, Docket 79-7043.

601 F.2d 1242 (1979)

Dewitt OWENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John HAAS, Alonzo Quarles, Peter Skalkos, James J. Britt, William R. Kessler, Joseph Chatowski, Michael Allen, Walter J. Flood, Defendants, and The County of Nassau, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven E. Harbour, Philip K. Howard, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff-appellant.

Abraham S. Altheim, New York City, Newman & Schlau, P. C., New York City, for defendant-appellee.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, SMITH, Circuit Judge, and MacMAHON, District Judge.

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from the dismissal of a civil action against the County of Nassau, one of several defendants, comes to us following a direction for judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b). Plaintiff Owens sued corrections officers and the county for violation of his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, and for breach of contract as a third party beneficiary. Judge Pratt found that Owens had failed to state a claim against...

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