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NEU v. CORCORAN

No. 725, Docket 88-7914.

869 F.2d 662 (1989)

Nicholas NEU, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James P. CORCORAN, Individually and as Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York, and James W. Randolph, Individually and as Deputy Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

August L. Fietkau, Asst. Atty. Gen., (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., Lawrence S. Kahn, Deputy Sol. Gen., Frederic L. Lieberman, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

Andrew J. Goodman, (Rosner & Goodman, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before NEWMAN, PIERCE, and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue on this appeal is whether qualified immunity shields a state official who defames a private citizen and thereby damages his career opportunities but without depriving the citizen of any legal right or status created by state law. The issue arises on an appeal by James P. Corcoran and James W. Randolph from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Robert W. Sweet, Judge) denying their motion...

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