Massachusetts Superior Court June 14, 1995 (Lombard v. Salisbury Police Department)

Welch, J.

I.INTRODUCTION

This case necessitates the application of a recent United States Supreme Court decision interpreting the scope of the venerable federal civil rights statute, 42 U.S.C., §1983. It also requires the extension of that decision to the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act, M.G.L.c. 12, §111.

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