No. 21-1324

John Zarba, et ux. v. Town of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, et al.

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2022-04-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: appellate civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process hearing municipal-liability rule-12b6 section-1983 standing
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw SocialSecurity DueProcess Takings JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-06-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should Rule 12(b)(6) motions be modified?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED IS: ; Should a municipality be protected from liability when it . conspired over a 5-year period through a pattern or practice of unconstitutional acts against a private resident ‘ { ue | by: Town Counsel; the Town Administrator; the Chief Assessor; the Building Inspector; the Water Department, ; the Zoning Board, and Selectmen, individual and collective acts that violated the resident’s constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983,-the 5th and 14th Amendments? |

Docket Entries

2022-08-22
Rehearing DENIED.
2022-07-28
DISTRIBUTED.
2022-07-06
2022-06-13
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/9/2022.
2022-05-18
Reply of petitioners John Zarba, et ux. filed.
2022-05-04
Brief of respondents Town of Oak Bluffs, et al. in opposition filed.
2022-05-04
Brief of respondents Ronald Rappaport, et al. in opposition filed.
2022-03-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 4, 2022)

Attorneys

John Zarba, et ux.
John Zarba — Petitioner
Ronald Rappaport, Michael Goldsmith, and The Law Firm of Reynolds, Rappaport, Kaplan and Hackney
Leonard H. KestenBrody, Hardon, Perkins & Kesten, LLP, Respondent
Town of Oak Bluffs, Thomas Perry, Robert Whritenour, Kris Chvatal, Andrea Rogers, Peter Yoars, Michael Perry, Llewellyn Rogers, David Bailey, and Mark Barbadoro
John J. Cloherty IIIPierce, Davis & Perritano, LLP, Respondent