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HEFFERNAN v. HUNTER

No. 98-1749.

189 F.3d 405 (1999)

John J. HEFFERNAN, Appellant v. Robert W. HUNTER, Prisoner # CV9408; Bochetto & Lentz, P.C.; George Bochetto, Esq.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan B. Epstein (Argued), Thomas Rapp, Jablon Epstein, A Professional Corporation, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.

Andrew Teitelman, Huntingdon Valley, PA, for Appellee Hunter.

H. Robert Fiebach, Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr. (Argued), Christopher D. McDemus, Cozen and O'Connor, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees Bochetto & Lentz and Bochetto.

Before: MANSMANN, WEIS, and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

In this case, defendants sought to intimidate plaintiff, a potential witness in federal court, by filing an allegedly frivolous lawsuit against him and using it to generate unfavorable publicity. We hold that plaintiff has standing to seek damages for that conduct under the anti-conspiracy sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1871. However, we also hold that because...

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