Masich v. Citizens' Bank

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the plaintiff properly alleged a civil rights conspiracy against town and town officials who conspired to implicate the plaintiff as “a responsible party” for their own illegal dumping of toxic materials in a children’s park
• noting that courts in the Second Circuit require a “reasonable connection” between the plaintiff and the libel (internal quotation marks omitted) (citation omitted)
• finding that the plaintiff stated civil rights conspiracy claim where, inter alia, town officials falsely labeled the plaintiff “a responsible party” in the illegal dumping of toxic materials in an effort to deflect blame
• denying motion to dismiss on absolute privilege grounds because of “ambiguity regarding the timing and scope of the [statement]” made to an insurance company
• “It is well settled that a request for declaratory and/or injunctive relief is not an independent cause of action.”
• “[I]t is well settled that a request for . . . injunctive relief is not an independent cause of action.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).