In what circumstances have public officials ever been accused of "extorting money" in a civil action?
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The following excerpt is from Friedman v. Bloomberg L.P., 871 F.3d 185 (2nd Cir. 2017):
In Melius v. Glacken , for example, the then-mayor of Freeport stated in a public debate that the plaintiff's lawsuit against him and other officials, alleging that they had conspired to take away the plaintiff's property, was an attempt to "extort money" because the plaintiff was seeking an amount "far in excess of the appraised value" of the property.
[871 F.3d 197]
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