DULLES

v.

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Morast v. Lance, 807 F.2d 926 (11th Cir. 1987)
  …h Cir.), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 855, 97 S.Ct. 150, 50 L.Ed.2d 131 (1976). Two circuits have refused to permit Bivens actions against private [*931] parties. See Fletcher v. Rhode Island Hosp. Trust Nat'l Bank, 496 F. 2d 927 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 419 U.S. 1001, 95 S.Ct. 320, 42 L.Ed.2d 277 (1974); Stevens v. Morrison-Knudsen Saudi Arabia Consortium, 576 F.Supp. 516 (D.Md. 1983), aff'd, 755 F. 2d 375 (4th Cir.1985). Interestingly, in Fletcher the private party was a national bank. The First Circuit held wi…
• Parks v. "MR. Ford", 556 F.2d 132 (3d Cir. 1977)
  …ied, 424 U.S. 928, 96 S.Ct. 1143, 47 L.Ed.2d 338 (1976) (dictum); Greenya v. Washington University, 167 U.S.App.D.C. 379, 512 F. 2d 556 (1975) (dictum); Fletcher v. Rhode Island Hospital Trust Nat’l Bank, 496 F. 2d 927, 931 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 419 U.S. 1001, 95 S.Ct. 320, 42 L.Ed.2d 277 (1974) (dictum). But cf. Weise v. Syracuse University, 522 F. 2d 397 (2d Cir. 1975) (Second Circuit, originator of the race/non-race distinction applies less stringent state action test in a non-race context); Adams v.…
• Zerilli v. The Evening News Ass'n, 628 F.2d 217 (D.C. Cir. 1980)
  …6 F. 2d 927, 932 n.8 (1st Cir.) (“While federal officers may, at times, be subject to suit for unconstitutional behavior, see [Bivens], there is no cause of action against private parties acting under color of federal law or custom.”), cert. denied, 419 U.S. 1001, 95 S.Ct. 320, 42 L.Ed.2d 277 (1974), with, e. g., Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. v. American Broadcasting Co., 609 F. 2d 355, 360 (9th Cir. 1979) (intimating that, in certain circumstances, it may be appropriate to “fashion] ] a cause of acti…