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- Title: Rossignol v. Voorhaar
- Author : Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 16, 2003
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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Plaintiff Kenneth Rossignol brought suit against defendants for their organized efforts to suppress the distribution of the election day issue of plaintiff Island Publishing Companys newspaper, St. Marys Today. Plaintiffs sought damages and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Maryland Constitution, and Maryland common law. The district court granted summary judgment to defendants on plaintiffs federal claims on the grounds that defendants had not acted under color of state law. It then dismissed plaintiffs remaining state claims without prejudice. Rossignol v. Voorhaar, 199 F. Supp. 2d 279, 286-89 (2002). Because defendants sought to censor plaintiffs criticism of them in their official roles, because their official positions were an intimidating asset in the execution of their plan, and because this sort of quasi-private conspiracy by public officials was precisely the target of § 1983, we reverse the judgment and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.