(Download) "Huges V. Long" by Third Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Huges V. Long
- Author : Third Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 27, 2001
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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This is the second time we have been asked to r esolve issues stemming from divorce and custody proceedings involving Peter and Pamela Hughes. In this appeal, Peter J. Hughes challenges the District Court's grant of summary judgment, dismissing his civil rights claims under 42 U.S.C. SS 1983 & 1985 and his state law claims against defendants Lynn Long and Patrick McHugh. Hughes argues that the District Court erroneously granted defendants absolute prosecutorial and witness immunity for his civil rights claims and that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's recent decision in LLMD of Michigan, Inc. v. Jackson-Cross Co., 559 Pa. 297, 740 A.2d 186 (Pa. 1999), pr ecludes immunity for his state law claims. We affir m the District Court's dismissal of Hughes's civil rights claims, although for reasons different from those set forth by the District Court;*fn2 we also affirm the District Court's dismissal of Hughes's state law claims because we predict that, if faced with the issue, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court would not extend its holding in LLMD to court-appointed witnesses.