Legal Opinion
Dicta Realty Associates v. Shaw
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 10, 1966PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtHarold Tessler, J.
This motion for a preliminary injunction raises fundamental questions concerning an individual’s right of freedom of expression.
Defendant is a tenant in plaintiff’s apartment house under a written lease for a term commencing on December 1, 1964 and ending on November 30, 1966. On or about December 10, 1965 defendant requested to be released from his lease and his request was denied by plaintiff. Thereafter, on Sundays, the defendant commenced picketing outside of the building bearing sandwich-type signs which defendant states read as follows:
I AM A TENANT IN
THIS BUILDING
— UNFORTUNATELY —
IF…
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- Cafeteria Employees Union, Local 302 v. AngelosSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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