CYPRESS INS. CO. v. CLARK

No. 97-2584.

144 F.3d 1435 (1998)

CYPRESS INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant. v. Herbert F. CLARK, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Shannon, Wallace, Bauman, Fodiman & Shannon, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Maria Elena Abate, Colodny, Fass & Talenfeld, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, and RONEY and LAY, Senior Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge:

The district court decided that an insurance company, damaged by defamatory statements made by an employee of the Florida Department of Insurance, could not state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for constitutional deprivation of liberty or property without due process of law. Concluding that Supreme Court precedent forecloses such an alleged cause of action, we affirm.

Cypress Insurance Company, the plaintiff in this case,...

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