Doninger v. Niehoff

Second Circuit: May 29, 2008

Appeal from the District of Connecticut

Before: Sotomayor, Livingston, Preska

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Tagged: education, first amendment

Authorities Cited: United States Code 9 U.S.C. § 1983 Supreme Court 393 U.S. 503, 506-513 403 U.S. 15 420 U.S. 308, 326 427 U.S. 347, 373 478 U.S. 675, 681-683 484 U.S. 260, 273 515 U.S. 557, 567-568 528 U.S. 562, 564 Circuit Courts 515 F. 5 348 F.2d 693, 697 607 F.2d 1043, 1057-1058 6 F.3d 17, 24 42 F.3d 1, 7 97 F.3d 689, 693 134 F.3d 821, 828 257 F.3d 981, 989 315 F.3d 151, 155 322 F.3d 130, 137 331 F.3d 342, 349-350 468 F.3d 144, 159 494 F.3d 34, 38-40 497 F.3d 584, 593-596 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 52(a) 514 F. Supp. 2d 199

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