Emanuele v. Town of Greenville

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• holding that a plaintiff may assert a reputational injury claim pursuant to § 1983 by establishing “both that the statements at issue were defamatory and that they deprived [him] of a liberty or property interest.” (citing Siegert v. Gilley, 500 U.S. 226, 233 (1991))
• town supervisor acted under color of law where he telephoned a citizen of the town to tell him that he is going to be fined for building a deck without a permit

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