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D.C. Circuit· 9/28/1981

Paul Lawrence v. Vernon D. Acree

Citations

  • 665 F.2d 1319
  • 215 U.S. App. D.C. 16
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 17362

How courts have described this case

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  • plaintiff must allege and prove that each defendant furthered the conspiracy during the statutory period
  • availability of alternative remedies underscores lack of hardship from recognition of absolute immunity of federal officials from statutory damage action
  • defendants, including a former regional director for internal affairs of federal agency, had absolute immunity from suit for non-constitutional tort
  • section 1985(1) plaintiff is not required to allege that ‘‘each overt act TTT [is] independently actionable’’

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Judges: MacKinnon, Wald, Greene

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